New York Times: Patriot system is sent from Israel to Ukraine

According to RCO News Agency, while Russia’s diplomatic efforts to make peace in Ukraine are observed, the war -torn country is apparently hesitant to deal with the peace agreement and still calls for weapons from the West and the fight against Russia; It is in difficult conditions as his country’s forces, according to Western media and even Ukrainian, have suffered heavy damage.

The New York Times quoted four current and former US officials as saying: “The Patriot defensive system, previously deployed in Israel, will be sent to Ukraine after rebuilding, and Western countries are consulting to send this type of defense system from Germany and Greece to Ukraine.”

The aforementioned officials refused to explain further, and did not point out that US President Donald Trump’s view of sending Patriot systems to Ukraine or whether the decision could have been made in the former US President Joe Biden’s government.

“President Trump has explicitly announced,” said James Hoyit, spokesman for the White House National Security Council. “He wants to stop the Ukrainian war and the killing.”

The US Department of Defense said in a statement: “The United States will send equipment to Ukraine from packages that have previously been approved and announced.”

Ukrainian President Walodimir Zelkski had earlier said his country would act for assistance, including Patriot missile systems, which are critical to stopping Russian air strikes. “In the case of additional packages, we want and are ready and we want to buy it,” Zelksky said.

According to four US officials, the ninth Patriot, which comes from the occupied territories and is being rebuilt for Ukraine, is an “old model” and is expected to be delivered to Ukraine this summer.

The data collected by weapons trackers at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London indicate that about 5 Patriot systems are active worldwide. The United States has about one -third of them and “many of them have sent them abroad to protect their allies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East”

According to the international institute, Germany and Greece have about 5 Patriot systems.

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