Trump Administration Holds up Patriot Missiles for Ukraine
Ukraine says the Trump administration is delaying paid Patriot deliveries as Russian ballistic strikes intensify and winter threatens power infrastructure.
- On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported delays in "certain types of vital supplies," pointing to the Department of Defense as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not signed off on paid Patriot missile contracts.
- The Trump administration is selling the missiles to Ukraine, unlike previous U.S. military assistance provided without charge, and Ukrainian officials suspect Washington is deliberately withholding weapons to pressure Ukraine into accepting unfavorable terms to end Russia's war.
- Supplying only 12 Patriot interceptors per month, the United States is providing roughly one-quarter of the volume during the President Joe Biden administration, while Zelenskyy warned Ukraine faces a severe shortage of PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles.
- Restrictions coincide with repeated disruptions to Starlink and Starshield communications alongside early-warning system failures; American officials attributed these outages to "bad weather conditions," while State Secretary Marco Rubio cited a software malfunction.
- Despite these disagreements, Zelenskyy expressed hope that relations with Washington could improve following the November 3 U.S. midterm elections, though the current delivery rate remains unchanged as of Monday with critical contracts awaiting Hegseth's signature.
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Patriot missiles from Ukraine's partners are awaiting US approval for transfer. The shortage of interceptors weakens the defense of cities from Russian ballistic attacks.
Hegseth Delays Deliveries of Patriots to Ukraine
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President Donald Trump's administration has not yet approved the transfer of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine, The Washington Post reports, citing anonymous sources. Those missiles are needed to protect the country against Russian missile and drone attacks.
The US government has not approved the delivery of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, writes the Washington Post, noting that the US has the final say on approving their transfer. The post Ukraine: Trump administration has not approved the delivery of Patriot missiles, writes WP appeared first on in.gr.
U.S. Holds Up Patriot Missiles for Ukraine
“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, a delay that comes as President Donald Trump has embraced Russia and slammed Ukraine in recent weeks,” the Washington Post reports.
The President of Ukraine accused the United States of deliberately delaying the planned delivery of interceptor missiles to his country.
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