{"id":1402848,"date":"2026-07-08T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1402848"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:29:37","slug":"ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Could Protect Itself and Allies If Granted Patriot Production Licenses, Zelenskyy Says"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukraine could manufacture enough Patriot air defense systems to protect both its own territory and partner countries if the United States granted Kyiv licenses to produce the systems domestically, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.<\/p>\n   <p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a>, Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine has long advocated for local production of advanced air defense systems.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe have long made the case that we are capable of producing such defensive weapons ourselves. If Ukraine were granted U.S. licenses to produce Patriots, our own production would be sufficient both to protect Ukraine and to help partners in need,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Zelenskyy made the remarks as emergency response operations continued following another large-scale Russian aerial assault.<\/p>\n   <p>The president has repeatedly called on Ukraine&#8217;s partners to expand deliveries of air defense systems and interceptor missiles while also supporting the localization of advanced defense production in Ukraine as part of the country&#8217;s long-term security strategy.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-is-unable-to-win-on-the-front-and-is-taking-revenge-on-ukrainian-cities-rutte\/\">Putin Is Unable to Win on the Front and Is Taking Revenge on Ukrainian Cities, \u2014 Rutte<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine could manufacture enough Patriot air defense systems to protect both its &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1342074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,51,36415,53,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72924,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1402848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine Could Protect Itself and Allies If Granted Patriot Production Licenses, Zelenskyy Says - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine Could Protect Itself and Allies If Granted Patriot Production Licenses, Zelenskyy Says - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukraine could manufacture enough Patriot air defense systems to protect both its ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-08T12:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/address_1300x750-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Ukraine Could Protect Itself and Allies If Granted Patriot Production Licenses, Zelenskyy Says\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-08T12:44:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says\/\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-could-protect-itself-and-allies-if-granted-patriot-production-licenses-zelenskyy-says\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/address_1300x750.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Russian airstrikes on Ukraine\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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