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If the U.S. ends the delivery of Patriot missiles, Ukraine could potentially be supplied by other countries that have acquired the U.S. system.
“Russian plans include increasing the number of launch sites from which they will launch drones across our territory. According to Russian military calculations, if their plans for the first half of the year are fulfilled, they can launch approximately 500 drones simultaneously,” General Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), told RBC-Ukraine on Monday.
“The Russians understand our capabilities and where our air defense systems are located, and they attempt to bypass them. Additionally, they select priority targets whose destruction will have the greatest effect,” he added.
Ukraine also operates at least two Franco-Italian Eurosam SAMP/T batteries, with characteristics similar to the Patriot.
But Ukraine’s other air defense systems like Norwegian-American NASAMS — it operates about a dozen — have a shorter range of about 40 km and aren’t suited to be used against ballistic missiles.
Britain has signed a deal with Kyiv under which Ukraine will receive 5,000 Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) and the technology for their production. But it isn’t clear when those missiles will arrive in large quantities. They have a range of about 8 km and are not a substitute for Patriots.
