New Delhi: Ukraine has secured access to the Nato Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to purchase weapons, ammunition and other military equipment. The arrangement offers Kyiv a new procurement route through established suppliers and logistics services as it seeks dependable supplies during its continuing war with Russia.
Ukraine’s defence ministry said on Thursday that the government approved the draft agreement on August 13, while the agreement was signed on October 14. The arrangement allows Ukraine to procure military equipment through existing NSPA contracts or new competitive tenders, with purchases financed by Kyiv, international partners or jointly.
The Luxembourg-based NSPA manages procurement and logistical support for Nato members and partners. Ukraine could potentially draw on services across 45 agency partnerships, while combined orders may reduce costs, according to the Ukrainian ministry.
Jacqueline Borsboom, NSPA’s director of support to operations, told the Financial Times that the agreement offered a “more structured framework to leverage a broad range of capabilities that we offer: procurement expertise, support services and access to established industrial base,”
Borsboom illustrated the potential savings by citing a hypothetical Ukrainian requirement for 30,000 military uniforms, which the agency could purchase on Kyiv’s behalf. Such large-scale procurement could help reduce costs through bulk purchasing and established supplier contracts.
About 150 Ukrainian defence industry representatives attended an NSPA outreach event in Kyiv on October 14. They received guidance on supplier registration, tender procedures and competing for contracts, Ukraine’s defence ministry said.
Ukraine’s envoy to Nato, Alyona Getmanchuk, described the partnership as an “important gateway” into Nato’s defence-industrial ecosystem. She expressed hope that the arrangement would provide Ukrainian companies with greater access to contracts managed by the agency, according to the Financial Times.
The arrangement is separate from Nato’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), under which allies and partners fund purchases of US equipment for Kyiv.
Nato says more than $6 billion worth of equipment has been financed through PURL since July 2025. The new NSPA channel does not itself provide free weapons.
Ukraine has reported disruptions to US early-warning intelligence and restrictions affecting the Starshield satellite communications system. As RNA Media reported earlier, the restrictions reportedly disrupted Ukrainian drone and air-defence operations, although responsibility for the decision remains disputed. Following talks with US officials in Oslo on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said early-warning intelligence had resumed, while restrictions affecting satellite capabilities remained unresolved.
No initial NSPA purchase orders, delivery schedules or contract values have been disclosed. The partnership expands Ukraine’s procurement options without changing its Nato membership status or replacing existing military assistance.