Germany exhausts Patriot supply capacity, ruling out more systems for Ukraine

Germany has reached its capacity for providing Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, according to Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. The minister stated that Berlin has already delivered several Patriot systems and missiles to Kyiv, but they cannot provide more without creating gaps in their own defenses. Pistorius emphasized that other partners must take on a greater responsibility for supplying Ukraine with air defense systems and missiles.

This issue is expected to be discussed at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in mid-November. In October, Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara had urged the E5 countries to consider transferring 10% of their stocks of interceptor missiles for Patriot and IRIS-T systems to Kyiv. The U.S. State Department had recently approved the potential sale of 500 PAC-3 MSE missiles to Ukraine, with funding from Canada, Germany, and Norway.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautioned that deliveries could take years, as Ukraine needs the missiles this winter.

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