US Holding up Air Defense Missiles for Ukraine for Nearly a Month, Zelensky Says
Ukraine says the delay is slowing air defenses as Russia intensifies missile strikes and winter approaches.
- On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Ukraine has waited nearly a month for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to sign off on critical Patriot and NASAMS missile supplies as Russia escalates attacks on energy infrastructure.
- Tensions between Washington and Kyiv escalated after President Donald Trump announced a diesel deal with Russia and criticized Kyiv for striking Russian refineries, which Trump blamed for raising fuel prices.
- Patriot systems remain the only reliable defense against advanced Iskander-M, Kinzhal, and Zircon missiles; while Starlink access recently returned, the critical interceptor shortage persists as winter approaches.
- Defense Secretary Hegseth claimed the United States wants Ukraine to have the "most possible" interceptors, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted nothing was "being deliberately denied to Ukraine."
- Zelenskiy is pursuing multiple supply channels including Europe to secure 300 interceptors required for winter, and he instructed his team to re-engage Washington regarding the stalled approvals.
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KYIV (ANP) - Ukraine says it has been waiting for nearly a month for American permission to deliver crucial air defense missiles. Ukraine will raise the issue with the Americans again, says President Volodymyr Zelensky. The long-awaited Patriot and NASAMS missiles are still waiting for a hand...
European NATO states like Germany pay the US for arms deliveries to Ukraine. Nevertheless, there are delays in the transfer of important defense missiles. According to President Selenskyj, US Secretary of Defense Hegseth misses the required haste.
Ukraine has waited nearly a month for US to sign off on Patriot missiles, Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called on the US, which supplies missiles purchased by NATO allies under a program known as PURL, to speed up deliveries ahead of winter.
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