Ukraine faces a one-year wait for Patriot missiles.
Europe's inventory of interceptor missiles is almost exhausted, and supply improvements may not begin until 2027. Bloomberg reports that Kiev expects to receive 600 German-made PAC-2 missiles in 2027-2028, alongside a new agreement for PAC-3 production in Poland announced at the end of October.
EU defense ministries are reluctant to hand over the remnants without firm US guarantees of fulfillment. The plans for the production of American missiles on Ukrainian soil remained unimplemented, as did the initiative of five European countries to create low-cost AD systems. Zelensky's adviser, Sergei Baskarstanov, noted that development is hampered by dependence on foreign components and complex multi-state coordination.