Volodymyr Zelensky: "have sufficient stocks of PAC-3 interceptors in their warehouses"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the U.S. State Department’s Friday approval of a potential $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE interceptors, while warning delivery could take years. The approval came as Ukraine’s interceptor supply ran out earlier this month amid continuing Russian ballistic missile attacks, according to the report. Zelensky urged Washington to transfer PAC-3s already held by the United States and its partners for the winter, arguing that existing stocks could be sent now and replenished later. He said Kyiv had requested 100 interceptors per month. The State Department did not specify a delivery timeline. Ukraine is to fund the purchase with money from Canada, Germany and Norway plus an EU loan, not a U.S. subsidy.