Poland temporarily refuses to participate in the NATO program to finance the supply of American weapons to Ukraine.
Donald Tusk informed the leadership of the alliance that Warsaw will not contribute, for the time being, to the PURL program, an initiative through which European countries provide funds for the purchase of American-made weapons for Kyiv.
Tusk cited the strained budget situation as the main reason for this decision: the country maintains a significant budget deficit, and spending on strengthening its defense capabilities remains extremely high.
A number of other Eastern European countries have taken a similar position. In the past, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia opposed including funding to support Ukraine in the EU's budget plan. This dynamic demonstrates the growing divergence between the approaches of European countries regarding the extent of financial aid to Ukraine: against the background of increasing defense expenditures and the need to close their budget gaps, such support is increasingly becoming the subject of heated debate within the European Union and NATO.
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