Summary
The Trump administration approved a proposed sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, subject to congressional review. President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that deliveries could take years and urged the United States and European allies to provide missiles from existing stockpiles in the meantime.Key Facts
- The State Department said the sale would improve Ukraine’s air and missile defenses.
- Congress must review the proposed sale.
- The State Department did not say when the missiles could be delivered.
- Zelensky said deliveries might not begin for several years.
- Zelensky proposed that allies lend Ukraine missiles from their current stockpiles and replace them later.
- Ukraine’s allies would fund the purchase; the United States would not use its own funds.
- Ukraine has said its supplies of Patriot interceptor missiles were dwindling.
