Ukraine Urgently Seeks Additional Patriot Missiles from Germany, Offering Future Production in Exchange
According to Bloomberg, Ukraine has made an urgent request to Germany for additional "Patriot" air defense missiles to be supplied this year. In return, Kyiv has pledged to deliver future batches of the same model missiles intended for Ukraine to Germany.
The report notes that current European countries' Patriot missile reserves are continuously being depleted, with stockpiles becoming increasingly tight. Germany is currently the only country within the EU capable of mass-producing and actually supplying these missiles to assist Ukraine.
Germany's government has not yet finalized its approval plan. According to informed sources, it is highly likely that Berlin will announce its final decision either shortly before or during the upcoming July NATO summit.
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