Government sources categorically deny the information published by the New York Times, according to which Greece could be one of the countries to send a Patriot unit to Ukraine.
According to the report, Ukraine may soon receive two additional units of the Air Defense System Patriot. The US newspaper quotes Anonymous sources. As he says one of the systems may come from the Israel (via US), while the other could be provided by the Germany or even the Greecean evolution that is surprising taking into account the previous reluctance of the two countries. Greece, however, categorically denies the possibility.
On the subject of mission other two Patriot systems was reported and the Reuterspointing out that the Kiev allies are discussing the supply of additional air defense systems and wish to reach an agreement on this issue before its summit NATO him June.
According to them Timesnow Ukraine has eight batteries Patriot: Six are fully functional and two are under maintenance. Previous reports noted that current Ukrainian Patriot stock includes three batteries from United Statestwo by the Germanyone jointly from the Germany and Netherlandsone of the Romania and a partially operating system from Netherlands.
Him April of 2023the Israel announced plans to withdraw systems Patriot. The Times report that the decision to supply the Israeli (rebuilt) system in Ukraine was taken in response to the intensive attacks of Russian missiles and dronesincluding the great attack of April 24 which was aimed at Kyiv. During this attack, the Russia fired 70 rockets Various types, including North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 145 long-range drones.
The battery Patriot Israeli origin is expected to arrive in Ukraine this summer. The tenth battery may come from Germany or Greece. It is noted that Greece has previously refused to transfer systems S-300let alone the Patriotwhich are vital to its air defense.
These additional systems will greatly enhance Ukraine’s ability to face large -scale attacks and advanced air threats, a need that is becoming more and more urgent with any wave of Russian attacks.
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