The United States is considering a large-scale agreement with Ukraine that involves the sale of weapons worth approximately $100 billion. In exchange for access to American weaponry, Washington will receive intellectual property rights to promising Ukrainian military developments.
This is reported by Finway
Prospects for Cooperation in the Arms Sector
According to information, the USA is offering Ukraine the right to purchase a wide range of American weapons. In return, Ukraine must provide rights to its own innovative defense technologies. This will allow the United States to integrate Ukrainian developments into its own military projects and maintain leadership in the field of innovation.
At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that Ukraine is working to expand funding for the PURL program from international partners.
“Thanks to this program, we are purchasing American weapons, and there is already over $2 billion there,” he clarified.
New Supplies and Changes in Military Assistance
In October of this year, the USA plans to transfer the first batch of 10 long-range air-launched cruise missiles ERAM to Ukraine. Over the next year, Ukraine is expected to receive another 840 such missiles, with the total number of potential purchases reaching 3,350 units.
Additionally, President Donald Trump plans to allow the export of powerful strike-reconnaissance drones, such as the MQ-9 Reaper. These drones are already being used for patrolling the Black Sea, and their acquisition has attracted interest from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Eastern European countries. Trump intends to reclassify these UAVs as aircraft, which will lift export restrictions. Previously, Ukraine had not received such systems due to concerns about transferring advanced technologies to undesirable hands.
However, the USA plans to gradually reduce military assistance programs for Eastern European countries bordering Russia. From now on, the American side will not finance the training and equipping of the armies of these states, which may become direct participants in the conflict with the Russian Federation. The White House emphasizes that this aligns with Donald Trump’s strategy of “reviewing and redirecting” foreign aid and calls on NATO’s European allies to invest more in their own defense. EU diplomats express concern, emphasizing that such changes could impact regional security and NATO’s strengthening. At the same time, the cuts will not affect the Foreign Military Financing program, which funds the purchase of major weapon systems, including aircraft and ships.
Lithuania, for its part, has offered to take on part of the funding for the support program “Baltic Security Initiative”, aimed at the security of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.