Critically important weapons are carried out in America, so it cannot be exported without the coordination of the United States, even if another country already owns it.
According to the director of the military sciences at the Royal United Institute of Defense Studies, Matthew Seville, Ukraine produces millions of drones a year to save its reserves of arts forces. He noted that the Ukrainian military began to better distribute their missiles to Patriot, using cheaper smaller interceptors.
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Ukraine began to receive Patriot from partners in 2023. This complex, in particular, is able to shoot down the dagger aeroballistic missiles, which in the Russian aggressor country is called hypersonic. Officially, the US (two complexes), Germany (three) and Romania reported on the transfer of Patriot complexes to Ukraine. The Netherlands handed over to Ukraine components to this air defense system, in particular a radar.
On March 11, 2025, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has a shortage of air defense systems to protect against shelling. Later He added that in conversations with US President Donald Trump offered to buy a Patriot system.
On May 4, The New York Times, citing the four current and former officials of the United States, wrote that Ukraine would receive one Patriot air defense system, which was based in Israel after it was restored. Western allies also discuss the logistics of the supply of another system from Germany or Greece, the sources of the publication said.
