In order to fully protect the sky, Ukraine needs to get 25 Patriot systems — this will allow cities to be closed from Russian missile attacks.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said this in an interview for the "Edyny Novyni" telethon.
"I will not tell you how many Patriot systems we have, but I can tell you how many are necessary to close Ukraine for the future. It is desirable for Ukraine to have 25 Patriot systems with 6-8 batteries each. All our partners are already well aware of this and even know the points where the relevant systems should be located," Zelenskyi said.
According to him, analogues of Patriot will also be suitable for Ukraine. There are quite a few of them, but they work.
Zelensky noted that the results of air defense in Ukraine are impressive, it looks like there are actually many systems. However, this is not the case.
"Therefore, we need 25 Patriot systems to completely cover our country, even those regions where it does not fly," he emphasized.
- At the end of February, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the transfer of ten Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine would radically affect the situation in the war with Russia. At the end of March, in an interview with CBS News, Zelensky noted that the United States had not yet transferred the Patriot system to Ukraine — other countries had done so.