Aug 08, 2026
The United States has agreed to supply Ukraine with interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems every month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on August 8, while warning that the planned deliveries alone will not cover the country’s air defense needs.
Zelenskyy announced the agreement during a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, saying Washington remains Ukraine’s most important potential source of Patriot ammunition.
“The United States will supply Ukraine with interceptor missiles for Patriot on a monthly basis. We have an agreement,” Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian president did not specify how many interceptors Ukraine is expected to receive each month. He said, however, that the volume would still be insufficient and that Kyiv would need additional support from European partners.
Germany and Poland could make significant contributions to Ukraine’s air defense requirements, Zelenskyy said, while other European countries are providing smaller amounts of assistance.
He also pointed to Japan and South Korea as countries with air defense capabilities that could potentially support Ukraine. According to Zelenskyy, neither country has supplied Ukraine with air defense weapons during the war because of restrictions under their domestic legislation.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine would also be prepared to purchase air defense equipment from Israel, but that such an arrangement is currently unavailable.
The announcement comes as Ukraine faces a continuing shortage of missiles for its Patriot batteries amid intensified Russian ballistic attacks.
Zelenskyy has repeatedly urged partner countries to release additional interceptors from existing stockpiles, describing Patriot missiles as one of Ukraine’s most urgent defense requirements. On July 4, he said Ukraine “critically needs Patriot interceptors” and called primarily on the United States to provide additional missiles.
Kyiv is also pursuing longer-term options to expand supply. In July, Zelenskyy discussed cooperation with Raytheon, one of the companies involved in the Patriot program, including potential co-production of interceptor missiles with Ukraine.
I hope that combined effort to supply Patriots and the speedy development of the Freya anti-missile system, coupled with Ukraine’s new ballistic missile destroying the cockroaches’ launchers will make for a better winter than the last one.
I hope he’s got that right. But who knows, when you have a literal lunatic in the WH?
It doesn’t seem to fit with the “Starlink denial” story does it?
Imagine that…
The “Starlink denial” is on Elon Musk.
Good.
Possibly related?
Ukraine agrees not to attack non-Russian tankers in the Black Sea, Bloomberg reports
Under what conditions will Ukraine refrain from attacking the vessels?
Ukraine has agreed not to strike certain non-Russian oil tankers and critical Black Sea infrastructure used to export Kazakh oil, according to Bloomberg.
According to a US government official, Ukraine has established contact points so commercial carriers can exchange information and ensure the safe passage of vessels.
The agreement, reached after a meeting between senior US government officials and Ukrainian authorities, could be an important step toward increasing oil shipments in the region after a series of recent attacks on vessels near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal in Novorossiysk, Russia, led to a slowdown in activity.
The CPC terminal is crucial for supplying Kazakh oil to global markets, as the Central Asian country lacks significant capacity to export oil through alternative routes.
The CPC normally handles around 2% of global crude oil supplies, while European refineries rely heavily on shipments from the region.
Ukraine has stepped up its campaign against Russian oil ports as part of the war that began with Moscow’s invasion in 2022, including attacks on vessels near the CPC terminal, which disrupted loading operations and halted some activity as shipowners began avoiding the area.
This comes at a time when the world cannot afford further disruptions to global oil flows, as the war in Iran and reduced shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are already causing an oil shortage in the market.
Rising oil and fuel prices have spread across the global economy and driven up gas station prices in the US ahead of the November midterm elections, whose outcome is expected to depend in part on voters’ economic concerns.
Under the US-brokered agreement, Ukraine has committed to refraining from attacking Caspian Pipeline Consortium infrastructure and non-Russian vessels heading to the terminal, provided those vessels are not subject to Ukrainian sanctions and are not carrying Russian cargo.
Kyiv is also providing shippers with guidance explaining which vessels could be targeted. Under the agreement, vessels must not be subject to Ukrainian sanctions, must not carry Russian oil or other cargo, and must not be owned by Russian individuals or legal entities.
According to a source familiar with the matter, Ukraine remains in close contact with US companies and the Trump administration on all issues related to the security and protection of commercial shipping.
US urged Ukraine not to attack non-Russian vessels in the Black Sea
It should be recalled that last month, theUS urged Ukraine not to strike non-Russian vessels in the Black Sea after an attack affected a tanker chartered by US oil company Chevron.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that a series of attacks on tankers in the Black Sea had put Kazakhstan’s oil exports through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal near Novorossiysk at risk.
Due to the risks to shipping, Kazakhstan was forced to suspend oil deliveries to the terminal. The CPC transports crude from several projects, including those involving US oil company Chevron.
(From RBC Ukraine, via MSN)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ukraine-agrees-not-to-attack-non-russian-tankers-in-the-black-sea-bloomberg-reports/ar-AA29FgPL
Its good that Zelensky is calling names out so everyone knows who can help more. For example, Japan, could easily change their constitution to allow export of defensive weapons to allies.
Do you mean like this?
“Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports”
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/g-s1-118178/japan-ban-lethal-weapons-exports
Have they been sending anything to Ukraine, or is this only a smoke and mirror thing?
That’s unclear. The article says, “In principle, Japan still will not export lethal weapons to countries at war.” But they could export Patriot missiles to the US, and the US could transfer them to Ukraine.
S. Korea is also not sending anything. Either they are spineless cowards (no surprise) or they are fearing a chink invasion on Taiwan, which could destabilize the whole region.