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The European Commission has approved a new €6.1 billion tranche of defense aid for Ukraine, specifically allowing the purchase of Patriot missiles. This funding supports the acquisition of drones and PAC-3 missile systems to bolster Kyiv's air defenses.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sent an urgent letter to Donald Trump and US Congress members, requesting Patriot PAC-3 missiles and highlighting a critical shortage of air defense equipment. Zelensky emphasized the severe risk to Ukraine's skies without US assistance, mentioning a recent Russian attack with Oreshnik missiles.
With the AN/TPY-2 radar out of commission, missile interception duties will fall onto the Patriot systems, for which PAC-3 missiles are already in short supply.
Reports indicate that Poland has expressed readiness to manufacture PAC-3 missiles for Patriot air defense systems alongside Ukraine on Polish territory.
The U.S. State Department has granted Poland authorization to manufacture advanced PAC-3 missiles for the American Patriot air defense systems, according to Poland's Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk.
Ukraine has a shortage of PAC-3 missiles for its Patriot air defence systems, so Kyiv is willing to exchange some of its interceptor drones for them.
A recent poll indicates that Poles are more often negative than positive in their assessment of the transfer of PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine, which the government confirmed this week.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that PAC-3 missiles from Germany, whose delivery had been agreed during the Ramstein meeting, arrived on 10 March.