{"id":601250,"date":"2026-07-29T16:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/07\/601250\/supplies-depleted-zelensky-asks-trump-for-300-patriot-interceptors-by-winter\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:35:01","slug":"supplies-depleted-zelensky-asks-trump-for-300-patriot-interceptors-by-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/601250\/supplies-depleted-zelensky-asks-trump-for-300-patriot-interceptors-by-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Supplies depleted: Zelensky asks Trump for 300 Patriot interceptors by winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong> during a visit to Washington<\/strong> appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump<\/strong> to promptly provide Kyiv<\/strong> with a \u201cwinter package\u201d of interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems, he said in an interview with Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The head of state explained that Ukraine seeks to secure at least 300<\/strong> interceptor missiles by the start of winter, since existing stocks are almost exhausted, and without them it is impossible to effectively counter ballistic strikes, which recently has prevented repelling attacks on Kyiv<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe needed Patriots yesterday,\u201d said Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He warned that if deliveries are delayed until winter, Russian shelling could destroy power-generating facilities, leaving millions of people without electricity and heat, causing a humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n

According to the president, even after obtaining the necessary licenses from the United States, scaling up mass production of interceptors will take from 1<\/strong> to 5<\/strong> years, and such a pace does not meet the urgent defense needs.<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong> also reported that Russia uses between 30<\/strong> and 40<\/strong> ballistic missiles in each large-scale strike and conducts from 3<\/strong> to 5<\/strong> such attacks per month.<\/p>\n

In his conversation with Axios he emphasized that this is about emergency strengthening of air defense specifically for the winter period, when risks to the energy system are especially high.<\/p>\n

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Earlier we wrote:<\/h3>\n