PAC-3 missile shortage

Brussels to press Spain, Greece to send Patriot interceptors to Ukraine

The European Commission will lobby EU countries that still have significant stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles to transfer them to Ukraine, Euronews reported on Aug. 31, citing unnamed EU officials.

31 August, 10:52 PM

Patriot interceptor shortage exposes U.S. troops stationed in Europe

U.S. forces are facing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced interceptor missiles in Europe, largely because of the Iran war, raising concerns about NATO’s vulnerability to a Russian attack, the Associated Press reported on Aug. 27, citing sources.

27 August, 07:56 PM

Polish Sejm speaker defends supplying Ukraine with Patriot missiles

Public outrage in Poland over the recent transfer of five Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine is “absurd,” Sejm Speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty said on Aug. 20.

20 August, 08:41 PM

Ukraine, U.S. upgrading Soviet-era S-300 anti-air missiles

Ukraine and the United States are jointly working to modernize old interceptors for S-300 air defense systems or to develop a new type of munition with improved performance, retired U.S. Army Col. Robert Hamilton said on PBS NewsHour on Aug. 5.

7 August, 11:48 PM

Former FM Klimkin: just over 1,000 ballistic interceptors left globally

There are barely over 1,000 interceptors capable of downing ballistic missiles left available to the United States and all its allies and partners combined, Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine’s foreign minister in 2014–2019, told NV Radio on Aug. 6.

6 August, 11:42 PM

Zelenskyy suggests political motives behind PAC-3 shortage

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Aug. 5 that deliveries of PAC-3 interceptors have fallen to roughly one-third of 2025 levels and suggested the reduction may be intended as political pressure by some of Kyiv’s partners.

6 August, 02:19 AM

U.S.–Ukraine Patriot licensing talks continue despite Trump’s equivocations

Washington and Kyiv continue negotiating a license for Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors despite President Donald Trump’s vague statements on the matter, Reuters reported on Aug. 5, citing our people familiar with the talks.

5 August, 08:40 PM

PAC-3 missile shortage