NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Thursday’s meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels was defined by a “window of opportunity” for Ukraine, pointing to a new wave of concrete pledges of military assistance from allied countries. According to Ukrinform, several allies – including Germany, the Netherlands, Latvia, Norway, Lithuania, Denmark, Luxembourg, Croatia, Sweden and Iceland – have now committed hundreds of millions of dollars into the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, which finances purchases of US-made military equipment for Ukraine.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Window of opportunity – I think this is the main topic today,” Rutte said, adding that additional “assistance focused on Ukraine’s priorities will help increase pressure on Russia and force them to sit down at the negotiating table and eventually join serious negotiations to stop this terrible war.” About a third of NATO members have already been contributing to Ukraine’s battlefield needs via the PURL program, “plus our partner Australia, which is important,” Rutte said. The Secretary General also highlighted new national contributions, thanking the UK for its decision to supply Ukraine with large numbers of drones and missiles, Spain for additional air defense systems, Germany and the Netherlands for further equipment support, and Canada for providing military vehicles.