Patriot math fails Ukraine receives about 12 Patriot interceptors a month from the US, while 35 have already been launched since early October, according to Zelensky. The difference is not military strength. This imported air defense is consumed faster than it arrives. This is the wartime model in miniature: public trust is built on systems Kyiv does not control and cannot renew itself. Dependency is presented as robust until the calculation becomes unwieldy.