NATO Support and Procurement Agency
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is NATO’s principal agency for procurement, logistics and supply-chain management. It acquires goods and services and provides related support to NATO members and partners.
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Russia pounds Kyiv with 21 ballistic missiles and 210 drones overnight, hours after talks agreed
Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone strike on Ukraine overnight into 22 October, with the main target being Kyiv. Three waves of ballistic missiles struck the capital, killing one person, injuring 22 and damaging residential buildings, a monastery, a hypermarket, a metro bridge and other civilian sites. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack came immediately after the latest round of negotiations and showed no real change in Russia's attitude, while Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha contrasted the destruction with US envoy Steve Witkoff's recent description of Vladimir Putin as a "humanist".
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At virtual Ramstein meeting, Germany announces Patriot interceptors and 'City Dome' shield for Ukraine
At the 36th Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting on 8 September, held virtually, Germany announced the urgent transfer of PAC-2 Patriot interceptors and additional AIM-9 missiles from Bundeswehr stocks, launched the 'City Dome' project to shield Ukrainian cities from drone and missile strikes, and committed to financing tens of thousands of long-range artillery shells. The UK pledged £100 million through PURL for air defense, the EU approved financing for 3.2 billion euros of Patriot missiles, and Ukraine outlined plans to contract around 1,000 Patriot missiles and several thousand additional IRIS-T missiles with partner support. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since May 2022 and warned that delays cost lives.