Technical Details Need to Be Agreed Before Ukraine Can Produce Patriot Missiles, Zelensky Says
Zelensky said technical terms still need to be settled, and experts said Patriot production could take up to 30 months.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump authorized Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missiles, a weapon critical for defending cities against Russian ballistic missile attacks.
- Intensifying Russian strikes have killed more than 50 people in Kyiv this month, while the US-Israeli war with Iran significantly depleted global interceptor supplies.
- Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister, noted that interceptor components take up to 24 months to produce, with engines requiring about 30 months from manufacturers like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated teams must still agree on "all the remaining technical aspects" with the United States to operationalize production.
- Establishing domestic assembly will take many months, meaning Trump's decision is unlikely to resolve Ukraine's urgent air-defense shortage anytime soon.
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Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said Thursday that technical aspects with the United States are yet to be finalized so that Patriot missile production can begin in Ukraine, after Donald Trump gave his approval.
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Ukraine, US reach political agreement on Patriot missile production licenses, Zelensky says
Zelensky has long pleaded for faster supplies of interceptors capable of bringing down Russian ballistic missiles, a need accentuated by recent assaults on the Ukrainian capital and other cities.
At the NATO summit, US President Donald Trump made a significant commitment: Ukraine is now allowed to produce patriot itself for the missile defense system. However, there is a crucial catch.
For Ukraine, Other Patriot Makers Are a Cautionary Tale
Two American allies, Germany and Japan, already have permission to build the American interceptors, a license that President Trump says he will also grant to Kyiv. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/world/europe/germany-japan-ukraine-patriot-missiles.html Author : Jim Tankersley, Javier C. Hernández and Christopher F. Schuetze Publish date : 2026-07-10 02:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
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