US President Donald Trump has said that Patriot missile defense systems will be sent to Ukraine to support their efforts to retreat Russia.
After the Trump administration arrives a few weeks after the arms shipment, the arrangement, according to the US President, the European Union has paid the US to arms systems that send it to Ukraine.
As of now, there is no confirmation on the number of Patriot units that will be sent, or can be sent to any other American weapons. However, Germany has agreed to give a leg to the bill for at least two Patriot batteries.
“We are originally going to send various pieces of very sophisticated army and they are going to pay us 100 percent for us,” Tram said.
The announcement came as an American Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, retired Lieutenant General Keith Kelog, arrived at Ukraine’s capital Kev for a week of interaction with the local office.
The US supplied patriots to Ukraine under the administration of former US President Joe Biden.
What is the Patriot missile system?
Manufactured by US Aerospace and Defense Congress, MIM-104 Patriot, is a Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system developed to disrupt high-ups of aircraft. It was revised to focus on the new threat of strategic ballistic missiles in the 1980s.
Patriot systems come completely into the mobile battery which included a command center, a radar station to find out the dangers, and the launcher. In 2022, the US-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) paid the system to more than $ 1 billion.
Along with the United States, patriots have been supplied to the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Taiwan, Greece, Spain, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Romania, Sweden, Poland, Bahrain and Switzerland.
Rethiony says that it is planning to continue updating the system through 2048. Current Patriot batteries can defend against strategic ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones and aircraft, which are some aerial assets that use to attack Russia Eukene.
However, Russian forces use small equipment, searching as mini drones that live close to the ground, which are more difficult for track and intercept for the Patriot system.
According to the German army, the Patriot system is included in an area of about 68 kilometers (42 mi). Its radar can track up to 50 goals and attach five of them at one time. Depending on the version in use, the interceptor missile can reach a height of more than 24 kilometers (14 mi) and hit the target of up to 160 kilometers (100 mi).
Around 90 soldiers are required to operate each unit.
Why is Germany facilitating this deal?
The deal came when the German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is going to Washington to meet with US Defense Officers.
There, he is expected to discuss the deal details with the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as well as the US-Nato relationship.
So he will discuss what is the situation of the new administration under Biden to deploy the American long -range missile system in Germany next year.
The journey comes in the midst of German ongoing campaign to support Ukraine, especially after returning to Trump White House in view of a decrease in American support.
Taurus vs Patriot
While Germany has agreed to pay for the US Patriot system in Ukraine, Pistorius confirmed in an interview financial Times It will send long -range Taurus missiles to support war effort.
Taurus Kepd 350 is a joint German-Swedish cruise missile posted by aircraft. While Patriots can hit the goals within 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) and as long distance systems, are launched from Taurus, as a long -range system, as a long -range system, there is a greater range of up to 500 kilometers (310 mi).
In the past, German Chanman Chanmanich Merz indicated support for sending Taurus system to Ukraine. However, Germany has since changed its legend to provide Ukraine aid to develop its long distance capabilities.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Germany against continuously providing Ukraine with Taurus missiles.
Which missile system has Ukraine use?
Along with the previous supply of patriots, Ukraine has used several weapons to combat Russian attacks. Thesis includes short-range air defense systems, searching as Russian-made buks and S-300s, the older generation US-Mad Hawk missiles and modern SAM systems such as the name.
So it has used the US-Mad ATACMS missiles, which has a 300 km (186-mile) range after lifting the ban on their use in the last months of its presidential last year.
How did Russia react?
The Kremlin had earlier warned the Biden administration not to send Patriot systems to Ukraine.
Trump’s announcement is between a low relationship between him and Putin. Despite several calls between the two leaders, Trump had so far against Ukraine to bring bees to the end of Russia.
With the announcement of Patriot, Trump said he “was very disappointed with President Putin, I felt that he was someone who he said … he would talk so beautiful and then he will bomb people at night. We don’t like it.”
In response to Trump’s announcement, Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov said the announcement has revealed that the US continued to join the struggle, despite the system of transactions.
“Now it seems that the supply of Thasa will be paid by Europe, some will be paid for,” Peskov said, “The fact is that the supply of arms, ammunition and military equipment from the United States continues and Ukraine continued.”
Edited by: Davis Vanopadorp
This article was updated to reflect new development on 14 July 2025.
