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Ukraine denies US weapons being diverted to Middle East

Ukraine Waits for Answers as US Weapon Stocks Face Pressure From the Iran War

By Desk Assistant On Mar 27, 2026

Ukraine – (Web Desk) – Ukraine says it has not received any warnings about losing its US weapons. The Ukrainian ambassador to NATO made this clear to AFP on Thursday.

The Washington Post reported something worrying earlier. It said the Pentagon might be thinking about sending some weapons to the Middle East instead. The reason is simple. The war in Iran has been eating through American weapon stocks fast.

The weapons in question are air defense missiles. These were ordered through a special program that lets European countries pay for US weapons sent to Ukraine.

Ukraine’s NATO envoy Alyona Getmanchuk spoke firmly on the matter. She said neither NATO nor the US has told Ukraine that its weapons could be taken away and sent to the Middle East. She also said the Iran war has not changed how many weapons Ukraine can get through the program.

The program she mentioned is called PURL. It started last year. It lets Ukraine receive American military equipment that European nations pay for.

NATO chief Mark Rutte also weighed in. He said Ukraine is still getting the defense supplies it needs. But he did admit that the Iran war is putting pressure on weapon stocks across both Europe and the United States.

“The good news is that essential equipment into Ukraine continues to flow,” he told reporters.

That included US-made Patriot missile interceptors, which Ukraine desperately needs, he added.

Some 75 percent of the missiles used by Patriot batteries in Ukraine have been supplied through the programme, and 90 percent of the munitions used by other air-defense systems, Rutte added.

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Asked about the state of the stockpiles and the pressure they are under due to the need for missile interceptors in Israel and the Gulf states, Rutte declined to comment. But he did call on European countries to increase their own production capacity.

“They need to produce more extra production lines, extra shifts, opening new factories. The money is there,” he said.