00:00The Netherlands has pledged nearly US$580 million to buy American weapons for Ukraine.
00:06It's the first NATO member to do so under a new weapons financing plan.
00:11Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Breckelman made the announcement in a social media post,
00:16saying the package would include parts and missiles for US patriot defence systems.
00:21Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the decision.
00:25The Netherlands' purchase would be made through the NATO-prioritised Ukraine requirements list, or PEARL, initiative.
00:32And the US ambassador to the bloc says more like it are coming.
00:37The Dutch are just the first of many. You're going to see a series of announcements.
00:42In the coming weeks, when we announced this facility that allowed our NATO allies to buy US equipment
00:48and provide that to Ukraine for their defence, we had a lot of our allies raise their hand and line up.
00:54A lot of them are coming together in groups to pool their money and their resources together.
01:01PEARL was launched after US President Donald Trump said last month that the US would supply weapons to Ukraine
01:07and that they'd be paid for by European allies.
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