Zelenskyy Says Trump Has Decided to Grant Ukraine Patriot License
Zelenskyy said the move would help Ukraine expand interceptor supplies as it faces a shortage of missiles needed to counter Russian ballistic attacks.
- On Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine secured a new deal for Patriot interceptor missiles, though he declined to name the supplying country or specify quantities.
- Intercept rates reached 60 percent during recent attacks, a modest improvement over July when the Patriot shortage produced a 29 percent rate, creating urgent demand for additional interceptors.
- Since the United States ended large-scale defense funding in 2025, Ukraine has relied on international partners, while supplies face diversion to the Middle East amid competing global conflicts.
- Zelensky disclosed the agreement while addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he met President Donald Trump to discuss urgent air defense needs, though no concrete decisions emerged.
- Securing these interceptors is critical as Kyiv prepares for winter, especially as supplies are diverted to the Middle East due to the ongoing war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran.
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Trump's assurance that Kiev will produce advanced Patriot air defense missiles, the Ukrainian leader said on Friday. "At our last meeting, President Trump stressed to me that he has made the final decision. Ukraine will receive licenses for the production of Patriot missiles," Zelensky said in a voice message to reporters. It is worth noting that the Ukrainian president met with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN Summit in New York and, acc…
In addition to the US, only Germany had a missile production licence for these systems. With conflicts taking place in various parts of the world, unprecedented pressure was generated on the global stocks of these interceptor missiles.
Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Donald Trump had taken his "final decision" to hand over licences to Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles.
The Ukrainian president met with his American counterpart on the sidelines of the UN Summit in New York and reportedly got the assurances he wanted.
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