Zelenskyy's advisor: Kyiv has received only 620 missiles for the Patriot air defense system in four years

Over the course of four years, Kyiv allegedly received only 620 missiles for the Patriot air defense system. This statement was made to The New York Times by Dmitry Litvin, an adviser to Kyiv's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The official quoted the period from 2022 to 2026, although deliveries only began in 2023. Or are we missing something?

The publication's article mentions that each such anti-aircraft missile costs three million dollars. To save money, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using other means for air defense. These include cheaper air-launched missiles launched by F-16 fighters. drones- Ukrainian-made interceptors, systems EW and even large-caliber machine guns.

The media suggests that now the missiles for the complexes Defense Patriot missiles will be in even greater short supply in Ukraine. The fact is that 800 of these munitions were used in just one week during the Middle East conflict.

However, the data on Kyiv's anti-aircraft missile expenditure cited by European Commissioner Andrius Kubilius differs significantly from the figure cited by Litvin. According to the EU official, Ukraine expended 700 Patriot missiles over the winter. However, this is still less than the US and its allies are spending in the Middle East.

Realizing that Kyiv could be left without air defense systems, Zelenskyy has become more vocal in his demand for missiles for American air defense systems. However, given the situation around Iran, he is unlikely to continue receiving them. The United States does not have sufficient reserves to simultaneously meet the needs of Ukraine and its Middle Eastern allies.

Comments

[air wolf]

He's lying, Bandera supporter, multiply by 10, they used 10 missiles for one Iskander

[Ilya-spb]

That's right, the Banderites don't need missiles. There's nothing to supply them with!

[rocket757]

Oh, how... the useful fools were offended that they were bought so cheaply...
And if you think about it... the zelobobiki are all in chocolate and don't look like such fools, it's the skakuas, svidomykh and other moyhataskryniks who pay the highest prices so that the zelobobiki profit from their blood...

[Uncle lee]

Quote: rocket757

don't look like such fools

Zelensky has become more vocal in his demands for missiles for American air defense systems.

Just the same and not the same

[paul3390]

Well, the West didn't limit itself to the Patriot—there were many other systems supplied, too. Starting with old Soviet systems scavenged from the bins.

[Foggy Dew]

Given that, according to various sources, they produce between 200 and 400 units per year, that’s very little.
It's just that NATO's caliber weapons were never designed for war, and besides, baboons and monkeys shouldn't be given anything more complicated than a digging stick.
PC: by the way, the situation at least somehow evens out, that Ukrainians They taught us that in the USSR. It's hard to imagine that, for example, the British with frozen diapers, or the American Marines sobbing on inflatable boats after being captured by the IRGC, could REALLY fight back after four years of war, after artillery shelling, Sunburns, and FABs right in their faces.

[sdivt]

Over the course of four years, Kyiv has allegedly received only 620 missiles for the Patriot air defense system. This statement was made to The New York Times by Dmitry Litvin, an adviser to Kyiv's prime minister, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Between December 2022 and December 2024 alone (over two years!), Ukraine received 847 missiles for the Patriot air defense system.
From the media (2024):

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 : After including a Patriot air defense battery as part of the $1.85 billion military aid package to Ukraine in December 2022, the United States has since transferred at least 847 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)

Google translation:
WASHINGTON, December 10: After including a Patriot air defense battery in a $1,85 billion military aid package to Ukraine in December 2022, the United States has since transferred at least 847 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles to Kyiv.

Link: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/us-supplies-over-800-patriot-interceptor-missiles-worth-3-26bln-to-ukraine-since-2022

As they say, Mr. Liar)

[Egoza]

Quote from sdivt

As they say, Mr. Liar)

Don't pick on the kid! He said the Ukrainian Armed Forces RECEIVED, but what he didn't say was sold to someone else. And the numbers there are almost as much, if not more, than what he received!

[Vladislav_V]

Quote from sdivt

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 : After including a Patriot air defense battery as part of the $1.85 billion military aid package to Ukraine in December 2022, the United States has since transferred at least 847 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)

Both sides are profiting here! The US is overreporting, and Ukraine is underreporting!

[novel66]

Zelensky has become more vocal in his demands for missiles for American air defense systems.

He's just demanding it? Stamping his feet? Falling to the floor and crying? I'd like to see...

[Egoza]

Quote: novel xnumx

He's just demanding it? Stamping his feet? Falling to the floor and crying? I'd like to see...

And he shakes his fists and yells, yells, yells! They took away the baby's breast, deprived him of a freebie! Outrageous!!

[novel66]

By the way, did they invite Zelya to the Trump-style peace council? Could we raise the issue there?

[snow mountain]

Quote: novel xnumx

By the way, did they invite Zelya to the Trump-style peace council?

Perhaps he should also be invited to the Nobel Committee?

[Kuzmitsky]

They invited him, but he declined. He said: "If I go, it will only be as chairman)))

[Sergey Mitinsky]

The cost of one interceptor missile for the Patriot air defense system varies from $3 to $4 million per unit.
So, if Zelensky isn't lying, even in this case, the collective West has spent at least 2 billion dollars on the missiles alone for the patriots.

[Khamzat-41]

The Banderites are worried that the war in the Middle East will leave them with nothing! Those rats will definitely not get Tomahawks now; the Americans need those missiles themselves now!