Patriot, US Army and Ukraine
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The MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile systems has proved critical in helping shield Ukraine from Russian attacks.
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The United States Is Running Dangerously Low on Patriot MissilesThe US Department of Defense (DoD) currently has only 25 percent of the interceptors needed for all its military plans, with conflicts in the Middle East contributing to the shortage.
Hellfire missile shipments to Ukraine were recently delayed despite the US sending around 300 to Israel last month
President Donald Trump campaigned on ending U.S. entanglements in foreign conflicts and said he would seek to end wars abroad.
US had halted arms transfers to Ukraine due to a 75% depletion of its Patriot missile stockpile. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made the decision without White House notification, causing confusion among senior officials.
Ukraine managed to intercept and jam most of the 741 aerial targets launched by Russia overnight in its largest attack, but six aeroballistic Kinzhal missiles made it past Ukraine’s air defences amid the shortage of US supplied Patriot missile systems and relevant interceptor missiles.
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