Trump administration has not approved interceptor missile transfer to Ukraine, Washington Post reports
Kyiv says the delay is deepening its shortage of PAC-2 and PAC-3 interceptors as winter attacks from Russia intensify.
- On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the United States of deliberately delaying Patriot interceptor missile deliveries already paid for by European allies, with shipments awaiting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's signature.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not signed contracts for Patriot missiles funded through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List , which Ukrainian officials describe as political pressure rather than a technical issue.
- Ukraine's air defense stocks are nearly exhausted; recent Russian strikes on energy infrastructure left more than 500,000 people without power, yet Kyiv received no advance warning from U.S. intelligence partners.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied intelligence sharing has paused, attributing recent warning failures to a software problem, while President Donald Trump publicly criticized Zelenskyy and suggested replacing him as negotiator.
- Zelenskyy met with Lockheed Martin executives on Monday to discuss accelerating domestic missile production, as Kyiv warns that procurement delays and restricted satellite services threaten critical infrastructure during the approaching winter.
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Something Strange Is Happening to the US Military: They Won’t Deliver Patriot Missiles to Ukraine to Stop Russia
The Pentagon has not approved transfers of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine, The Washington Post reports, leaving Kyiv with “only a couple” remaining as Russian ballistic missiles keep coming. Zelensky says steps have been taken to push Ukraine to “capitulate,” while Trump accuses him of not wanting to end the war.
The United States is withholding the shipment of a significant batch of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has assured that "there are political agreements that have not been implemented on an operational scale." A senior Ukrainian official and two military officials in the country, who spoke on condition of anonymity to the Kyiv Independent portal, assure that the Secretary of War, Pete Hegse…
According to media reports, Ukrainian President Selenskyj accuses the U.S. government of withholding interceptors for Ukraine. According to this statement, Secretary of Defense Hegseth has not yet authorised the delivery of patriotic and other air defense missiles with his signature, although the systems of NATO states have already been paid for.
Trump Admin Holds Up Patriot Missiles For Ukraine
The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks, officials said Monday, a delay that comes as President Donald Trump has embraced Russia and slammed Ukraine in recent weeks. At least some of the … The post Trump Admin Holds Up Patriot Missiles For Ukraine appeared first on Joe.My.God..
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