Germany will send five Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in coordination with the United States, according to the country’s defense minister.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday at the start of the 29th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group that Germany would provide five “urgently needed” Patriot batteries “as quickly as possible,” though there are still some coordinating efforts required that will take place over the “next few days.”

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The agreement could be the first of many in this framework, which the Trump administration touted last week. In essence, Ukraine’s European allies, like Germany in this case, will give up weapons within their arsenal with the intention to purchase replacements from the U.S.

Pistorius chaired the meeting that consisted of 52 countries and organizations, along with his British counterpart, Secretary of State for Defense John Healey, who, during the meeting, announced a “50-day drive” to arm Ukraine better.

The 50-day time frame coincides with President Donald Trump’s recent ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin: If there is no progress in peace talks within 50 days, the U.S. will implement tariffs and secondary sanctions on Russia and its partners.

“[Trump] started the clock on a 50-day deadline for Putin to agree to peace or to face crippling economic sanctions,” Healey said. “As members of this UDCG, we need to step up in turn with a 50-day drive to arm Ukraine on the battlefield and to help push Putin to the negotiating table.”

Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s newly appointed minister of defense, said Germany also agreed to send 200,000 rounds of ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft systems and to finance the production of long-range Ukrainian-made drones; Canada allocated 20 million Canadian dollars for tank maintenance; the Netherlands agreed to provide Ukraine with 200 million euros for interceptor drones and 125 million euros for F-16 aircraft maintenance.

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Shmigal said Sweden is preparing a new package of air defense equipment, while he noted Norway has allocated 1 billion euros for the purchase of drones this year.

All of these announcements, especially viewed collectively, demonstrate how continuously expensive aiding Ukraine can be, given how quickly it is expending much of the equipment it receives, even as the war has gone on for nearly three and a half years. Simultaneously, North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries have not had a single service member fight in the war that has decimated the military of their biggest adversary.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attended the meeting, though a Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment.

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During his short tenure as secretary, Hegseth has pushed European countries to increase spending on defense to be less reliant on U.S. support for security. At last month’s NATO summit, every member but Spain agreed to increase defense spending significantly.

For years, the defense spending minimum was 2% of a country’s GDP, but the alliance agreed last month to increase it to 5%.