A Patriot missile launcher stands ready at an airfield in eastern Poland on Jan. 23, 2025. The Netherlands on Monday pledged roughly $580 million toward a new NATO mechanism to supply U.S. weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot components and missiles. (Alexander Watkins/U.S. Army)

The Netherlands plans to buy almost $580 million worth of U.S. military equipment for Ukraine, becoming the first NATO country to fund a new supply mechanism aimed at bolstering Kyiv’s defenses, Dutch officials said.

The announcement Monday followed White House talks last month between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. Trump later said the U.S. would provide weapons to Ukraine and other NATO members would cover the cost.

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said in a Monday post on X that the package of American weapons systems includes Patriot air defense components and missiles.

“This will enable Ukraine to counter Russian aggression, also for the rest of Europe,” Brekelmans said.

The effort is known as the NATO Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List. Funded by European allies and Canada, it will deliver regular $500 million packages of U.S.-made equipment and munitions identified by Ukraine as urgent needs, an alliance statement Monday said.

The U.S. is expected to provide capabilities at a scale greater than any single European country, and NATO will coordinate the effort to ensure fast, recurring deliveries, the statement said.

Rutte, who was a longtime Dutch prime minister before becoming the NATO chief, praised the initiative and urged other alliance members to join it.

Kyiv hailed the Dutch pledge as a crucial boost to its defense efforts.

“Ukraine, and thus the whole of Europe, will be better protected from Russian terror,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X on Monday.