President Zelensky: 25 Patriots are needed to completely close Ukraine - President Zelensky
Kyiv • UNN
According to military estimates voiced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine needs 25 Patriot air defense systems to fully cover its territory.
In terms of the air defense structure, the military believes that 25 Patriot systems are needed to completely cover Ukraine. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a press conference, an UNN correspondent reports .
If I say how many more we need, it will be clear how many we already have. I can tell you how many Patriots we need in general in terms of the structure of our air defense, in order to completely cover Ukraine, according to our military, we need 25 systems
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The head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, said that the US President had announced 5 Patriot systems for Ukraine, but there may be more.
The third Patriot system from Germany has already arrived in Ukraine, and its Ukrainian crew has successfully completed training in Germany.