Overview
- Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s stock of air-defense interceptors could be exhausted in any week depending on the scale of Russian strikes.
- He confirmed U.S. weapons are still arriving through PURL, a program that lets partners fund purchases of American-made missiles for Ukraine.
- He warned a prolonged conflict involving Iran could put those missile packages at risk because U.S. output is tight, with PAC-3 production at about 60 per month.
- European support expanded this month, including German financing for several hundred Patriot interceptors and more IRIS-T systems, yet many deliveries are scheduled years out.
- Kyiv is pushing a one-year plan to build a homegrown anti-ballistic system with European backing and is sharing counter-drone training and tactics with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.