KyivUkraine’s 500 Patriot missiles may arrive years from now.
Interceptors are scarce while Russia hit energy sites over 30 times in two weeks, Zelensky said.
Lockheed Martin has yet to build them, two briefed people say, and Canada, Germany and Norway fund the $2.1 billion order.
NATO’s top commander, General Alexus Grynkewich, said Friday that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine are ongoing, including one last week.
Congress reviews the sale next, and the State Department gave no delivery date.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 450+ reports worldwide
- Aol leans critical
- points out that the sale is paid for by Canada and European donors, and that Patriot deliveries could take years
- Hindustan Times leans critical
- links the approval to Zelensky's accusation that Washington delayed Patriot shipments and his appeal to Hegseth to move interceptors from other countries
- Yahoo News
- Al Jazeera Online
- ties the sale to the diesel deal with Russia and Trump's criticism of Kyiv over refinery strikes, placing it inside the US-Ukraine rift
Sources: Aol, Hindustan Times, Yahoo News, Al Jazeera Online