Ukraine Contracting Around 1,000 Patriot Missiles from Allies, Defence Chief Says
Reuters — Tue, September 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM UTC — 1 min read
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FILE PHOTO: 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron’s Patriot missile systems, at the 3rd Warsaw Air Defense Missile Brigade’s base in Sochaczew, Poland, December 18, 2025. Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Jacek Marczewski via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Ukrainian Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara attends a session of the Ukrainian parliament, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 19, 2026.
Ukraine is contracting a supply of around 1,000 missiles for U.S.-designed Patriot air-defence systems with the help of allies and through a European Union loan, Kyiv’s defence minister said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Yevhenii Khmara also said that the majority of the missiles would only be shipped in the coming years, and called for more urgent aid.
According to the Defence Ministry’s summary of the meeting:
- Khmara presented a plan for Ukraine’s conduct of the war that was already being implemented along with a list of what Kyiv considered to be the biggest threats posed by Moscow.
- He noted that Russia was making no strategic gains along the 1,200-km (750-mile) front line but compensating with “terror against Ukrainians”.
- Russia resumed its near-constant drone and missile attacks on Kyiv on Tuesday after a brief halt for the visit of U.S. peace negotiators. Officials reported five deaths in the capital and elsewhere.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told the meeting that Ukraine’s allies had no choice but to boost their support to enable Kyiv "to seize the opportunities it is creating now across all fronts and to defend itself in the skies".
