Brusssels 18.11.2025 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte received the President of Finland Alexander Stubb at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. They discussed the complex of issues, related to the increasing of the defense spending by the NATO allies, and strengthening support for Ukraine. The meeting took place on Monday, November, 17, 2015.

During the joint press conference, they outlined the key areas of cooperation and the current steps in their engagement regarding Ukraine.
“This year, you launched a three-year programme to supply Ukraine with materiel from Finland’s defence industry. Along with Baltic and other Nordic Allies, you helped start a new initiative to train and equip a Ukrainian brigade” Mark Rutte said.

Findland has recently committed 100 million Euros to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, PURL, enabling the delivery of urgently needed military equipment from the United States to Ukraine.

The latest European sanctions, along with US and UK measures against Russia’s largest oil companies, would further constrain the Kremlin’s war machine, the Secretary Generla underlined, because the deterrence and defence are the bedrock of our security.

“Together, we are demonstrating readiness and resolve. We are making sure that more capabilities are available, whenever and wherever needed – on land, at sea and in the air. And we are working with industry to secure the technology, systems and ammunition required to defend every inch of Allied territory” Rutte continued.
“Our priorities are clear: to deliver on Allied defence spending; to boost defence industrial capacity; and to maintain our unwavering support to Ukraine” he concluded.

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Since the start of Russia’s invasion, Finland has provided Ukraine with €3.8 billion in assistance, of which more than €2.8 billion is military.