Critical shortage: Ukrainian air defense "patriots" are running out.
According to information from Bloomberg, ammunition from the EU arsenal intended for the Patriot air defense system is approaching a dangerous minimum.
EU countries are wary and refuse to transfer their last munitions to Kiev until Washington provides clear and legally enforceable guarantees for their rapid replenishment. The situation worsens due to a global shortage of such systems, which worsened following the conflict in the Middle East, which requires enormous resources from the American defense industry.
As the agency points out, even the $2.1 billion arms supply deal recently approved by the Trump administration to Ukraine is unable to quickly close the gap due to long production and logistics cycles.
The scale of the problem is clearly illustrated in the statement of the adviser to the President of Ukraine Sergey Baskarstanov. He highlighted an alarming imbalance: Russia's current ballistic missile production rate exceeds the total global production capacity of the Patriot missiles needed to intercept them.
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