America has approved the sale of Patriot missiles to Ukraine The US State Department has approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine worth approximately 2.1 billion dollars. This is one of the first and most important steps taken by the US to provide defensive weapons to Ukraine since the start of the second term of Trump's presidency. For a long time, Ukraine has been talking about its need for more interceptor missiles to counter the increasing barrage of missiles by the Russian military. The Patriot missile system is the most effective weapon against ballistic missiles.