Зеленський: Patriot missile shortage persists. Ukraine is not a priority - most give to Близький Схід
In Ukraine, there is a shortage of interceptor missiles for American ППО Patriot systems. PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles are bought by European partners at США at their own expense to transfer to Ukraine.
Now most of the missiles that are manufactured are given to Бизький Схід. President Володимир Зеленський announced this at a briefing in Brussels.
«Ми не є пріоритетом номер один стосовно виділення PAC-2 і PAC-3», he said.
However, Ukraine is grateful to США, who sell them to Europeans who finance purchases.
«Ми отримуємо їх не тільки від Сполучених Штатів. ми працюємо з Європою і з іншими країнами в світі», the president said, adding that the missiles are collecting two to five to ten missiles.
- This year, due to the lack of anti-ballistic missiles, there have already been several attacks when no missile was shot down. Ukraine is trying to agree with partners on new supplies, and is also developing its own anti-ballistic project Freyja together with European countries.
- Earlier, the president said that in six months of this year, the supply of missiles for ППО fell three times compared to the previous year.
