US to send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kiev’s desperate pleas
The United States is set to send Ukraine an additional surface-to-air Patriot missile system in response to urgent pleas from Kiev to bolster its air defenses.
Citing two unnamed US officials familiar with the matter, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the US resident has already approved to provide Ukraine with another Patriot air-defense missile system.
This upcoming delivery marks the second time Washington has supported Ukraine's air defense with such systems, although the exact number of missiles provided by the Pentagon remains undisclosed.
Ukraine has also received air defense systems and ammunition from other allies like Germany.
According to both officials, the decision has not yet been publicly announced.
In February 2022, Moscow launched its special military operation in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region to stop NATO’s eastward expansion after warning that the US-led military alliance was pursuing an “aggressive line” against Russia.
The West responded by imposing waves of harsh sanctions against Russia and pouring advanced arms and military hardware into Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims that Russia launches nearly 3,000 bombs into Ukraine on a monthly basis and that Kiev urgently need to boost its air defenses with the Patriot defense system, among others, to fight back.
He said in the Spanish capital of Madrid that his country is in desperate need of at least seven Patriot systems to fend off what he called Russia’s strikes against Ukraine’s power grid, civilian areas and military sites.
“If we had these modern Patriot systems, (Russian) airplanes wouldn’t be able to fly close enough to drop the (glide) bombs on the civilian population and the military,” the Ukrainian leader said
Russia has time and again cautioned that continued Western military support to Ukraine could prolong the conflict.
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