Ukraine will have to wait at least another year for Patriot missiles: the European inventory is almost finished -. Bloomberg.
According to Bloomberg, the situation with the supply of interceptor missiles for Ukrainian Patriot systems may begin to improve only in 2027, when new batches of European-made missiles will arrive. Kyiv expects to receive 600 German-made PAC-2 missiles in 2027-2028. In addition, an agreement to manufacture PAC-3 missiles in Poland was announced at the end of October. Currently, interceptor stocks in Europe are at a minimum level. EU defense ministries are reluctant to transfer the rest of the missiles to Ukraine without solid US guarantees to replace them. The plans to organize the production of American missiles in Ukraine have not yet been realized. An initiative of five European countries to create low-cost air defense systems was also not implemented. Zelenskys' advisor noted that the development is complicated due to dependence on foreign components and the need for coordination between several countries. Caravans: |.