President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine does not currently have enough PAC-3 missiles for its Patriot air defense systems to repel large-scale Russian attacks involving more than 70 ballistic missiles.
According to Ukrinform, Zelensky made the remarks while speaking to journalists in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district near a residential building destroyed in Russia's latest attack.
"We need the appropriate defense package. We need these missiles. We are doing everything possible to apply pressure and reach agreements. There are countries with which we have reached agreements and to which we have already transferred funds through the PURL mechanism. Separately, outside the PURL framework, we have an agreement with Norway. I won't say where, but it involved a commitment to finance 200 missiles, and not a single one has arrived so far," Zelensky said.
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Asked whether Ukraine has enough PAC-3 missiles to counter attacks involving more than 70 ballistic missiles, the president replied: "We simply do not have that number."
