Spiegel Reveals NATO Weapons Plan For Ukraine

Pistorius has been working for months to negotiate an agreement acceptable to the U.S.

The US will not directly supply weapons to Ukraine. The plan is for NATO countries to do so from their stockpiles and then replace the weapons.

This is reported by Der Spiegel.

The publication notes that German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has been working for months to come up with an agreement acceptable to the U.S. on weapons for Ukraine. Under his idea, the U.S. would continue to supply arms to Ukraine, especially air defense systems, and the Europeans would pay the bills.

According to Spiegel, Pistorius first mentioned the idea during a phone conversation with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth in late April. He asked how it would be if Germany bought two Patriot air defense systems from the Americans and delivered them directly to Ukraine.

At first there was no response. But since then, the German minister has repeatedly returned to the topic - at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, at the alliance summit in The Hague and during his first visit to the Pentagon on July 14.

On the same day, U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically changed his rhetoric, saying that several countries that have U.S. Patriot systems would hand them over to Ukraine and replace them later. As Trump put it, they could be deployed "very quickly."

Pistorius said after his meeting with Hegseth that they discussed the two Patriot systems, as well as possible ways to further support Ukraine with air defense systems. The publication adds that the best solution would be for Germany to supply these SAMs either from the U.S. arsenal or directly from industry.

But in Washington, Pistorius said Berlin was open to another option - for the Bundeswehr to hand over the systems to Ukraine, which could then be replaced by deliveries from the United States.

The German defense chief is also reportedly continuing an initiative from last year in which he raised funds from Ukraine's other partners to purchase air defense systems. According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Finland, Canada, Sweden, Britain and Denmark plan to participate.

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