Delivery of Patriot systems to Ukraine may not begin for another year, reports Bloomberg.
Kiev is to receive 600 PAC-2 missiles - manufactured in Germany - in 2027 and 2028, and a new deal to manufacture PAC-3 missiles in Poland was announced late last month.
"We can make engines, we can make missiles, we can make launchers. But that doesn't mean everything will work in the end, because we remain dependent on components produced in other countries," says Flash, a consultant to Zelensky.