{"id":1407525,"date":"2026-07-13T21:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1407525"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:46:50","slug":"ukraine-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Needs 300 Patriot Missiles for Winter Defense, Zelenskyy Says"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine needs a winter package of <strong>300 Patriot interceptor missiles<\/strong> to strengthen its air defense against Russian ballistic missile attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting of the newly established Anti-Ballistic Coalition in France, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Zelenskyy, one of the most important priorities for Ukraine and its partners is ensuring a steady supply of air defense missiles ahead of the winter.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the main ways to strengthen our common position should be a winter package of air defense missiles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have calculated that this package should include <strong>100 Patriot missiles per month \u2014 300 missiles for the winter<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ukrainian president called on partners to consider the proposal, arguing that stronger air defenses would reduce Russia&#8217;s ability to prolong the war through another winter campaign.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we have sufficient protection for the winter, Russia will have far fewer reasons to drag the war into the winter,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that the newly launched <strong>FREYJA<\/strong> anti-ballistic missile project is designed to deliver results over the next 12 months but stressed that Ukraine also needs immediate protection.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must protect lives here and now,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described <strong>Patriot<\/strong> systems as the most effective defense against Russian ballistic missiles while also highlighting the importance of European-made <strong>SAMP\/T, IRIS-T, and NASAMS<\/strong> air defense systems.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy also revealed that he and U.S. President Donald Trump had reached an agreement on licensing the production of Patriot systems, with both sides now working to implement what he described as a historic political decision.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have reached an important agreement with President Trump on licenses for the production of Patriot systems. Our teams are now working on implementing this truly historic political agreement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president emphasized that Europe must diversify and accelerate its missile defense capabilities through Patriot, SAMP\/T, IRIS-T, NASAMS, and the FREYJA project.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am convinced that Europe is capable of providing itself with sufficient protection against any ballistic threat. Europe is also capable of making a strong contribution to global security,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/merz-pledges-70-billion-in-annual-support-for-ukraine-urges-russia-to-end-the-war\/\">Merz Pledges \u20ac70 Billion in Annual Support for Ukraine, Urges Russia to End the War<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine needs a winter package of 300 Patriot interceptor missiles to strengthen &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1407526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,36415,55,50,36572],"tags":[76,78,72924,72925,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1407525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-5","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine","tag-zelenskyy-in-europe","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine Needs 300 Patriot Missiles for Winter Defense, 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-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine Needs 300 Patriot Missiles for Winter Defense, Zelenskyy Says - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukraine needs a winter package of 300 Patriot interceptor missiles to strengthen ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T18:46:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T18:46:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-13_21-34-43_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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Ukraine Needs 300 Patriot Missiles for Winter Defense, Zelenskyy Says\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-13T18:46:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-13T18:46:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-needs-300-patriot-missiles-for-winter-defense-zelenskyy-says\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/photo_2026-07-13_21-34-43_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\",\"Zelenskyy in Europe\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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