U.S. clears potential $2.1B sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine

newsOct 30, 202617223

The U.S. State Department approved a potential sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE interceptor missiles to Ukraine, a deal valued at about $2.1 billion, the department said Friday. The PAC-3 MSE is the most advanced Patriot variant and one of the few systems capable of intercepting ballistic missiles; Ukraine’s supply had run dry earlier this month. The sale is not subsidized or financed by the United States; Ukraine will cover the estimated cost using contributions from Canada, Germany and Norway plus a loan from the European Union. The release did not specify delivery dates or whether any missile components would be produced in Ukraine under an offset agreement, and the State Department said it was not aware of an existing arrangement with Lockheed Martin but that Kyiv could negotiate directly. The authorization follows weeks of tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine after President Donald Trump announced a deal to allow Russian diesel exports, waived related sanctions, threatened to withhold intelligence over Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, and briefly limited Ukraine’s access to the Starshield satellite system. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the approval but warned deliveries must arrive soon, noting reports that deliveries might begin only in a few years and calling for an immediate winter support rate of 100 interceptors per month.

OSINTRadar

@osintradar.bsky.social

Ukraine can only receive 500 Patriot missiles in a few years, not now, – Zelenskyy. The President emphasized that the missiles are needed this winter due to massive attacks on the energy infrastructure.

535h ago

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Cacho3

👋 I smell a midterms ploy.. great but not soon enough 👇

MadGreek 🧿

@madgreek2024.bsky.social

The US State Department said on Friday it had approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1 billion. Ukraine will pay for the missiles ‌with contributions from Canada, Germany, Norway and a few European nations contributing. No aid from US. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

303h ago

And I Smiled 😃3

Sadly, I read on a statement that shipments of the PAC3 missiles will begin IN A FEW YEARS. Somebody check me on this, but the story was posted by a Zelenskyy account.

falalala50.bsky.social2

We donate every month to Ukraine via the United24 app…always to defense. Most recently we made a donation directly to the Maygar drone unit…after Ukraine took down 4 Data Centers!

steve jlord1

The tough part is that it may be a slow-walked delivery schedule. I hope some Allies just go ahead and make deliveries from current stockpiles. But they're in short supply everywhere resulting from Trump's Iran misadventure.

Lawrence

@ldog562.bsky.social

U.S. approves $2.1 billion sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine. www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...

295h ago

Keith Mehl1

Great. How soon are they going to be delivered?

Le Monde

@lemonde.fr

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Washington approuve la vente de 500 missiles Patriot à Kiev

136h ago

Albert Pinto

@70sbachchan.bsky.social

Tragic. The good news is that despite Trump’s reluctance the US has approved sales of US patriot air defense systems to Ukraine US greenlights $2.1bn sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine www.ft.com/content/321c...

135h ago

Faytuks Network

@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social

UPDATE: The U.S. Patriot PAC-3 announcement involves newly manufactured missiles with deliveries not expected until after 2030, offering no immediate solution to Ukraine’s critical interceptor shortage ahead of winter. Furthermore, no… https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2116299820298101076

126h ago

John DesMarteau MD FACA

@jdesmarteau.com

It’s not just the $ was spent on materiel like Patriot Missiles, but all the wasted money spent on higher cost gas and diesel, and related downstream effects, the costs of Middle East base repair and looking after wounded soldiers for decades to come. Probably closer to $300+ billion and counting.

114h ago

24Hours Ukraine

@24hoursukraine.bsky.social

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine for purchase of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles.The estimated total cost is $2.1 billion funded entirely by partners.

146h ago

Submariner 101

@submariner101.bsky.social

The U.S. Patriot PAC-3announcement comes with a major caveat: these are new missiles, with deliveries not expected until after 2030. It does little to address Ukraine's urgent interceptor shortage ahead of winter

136h ago

Tom Gibson

@tmgibs.bsky.social

Canada, Germany and Norway are paying alongside an EU loan Lockheed Martin is the principal contractor, and Congress now begins a review

45h ago

The Captain

@thoreau.bsky.social

FUCK YES. SLAVA UKRAINI!!! I know that this is just a sale and not a contribution. But anything that helps Ukraine I'm happy with. thehill.com/newsletters/...

43h ago

🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋

@sebastiangarof5.bsky.social

The U.S. has approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine for $2.1 billion. The purchase will be funded by Canada, Germany, Norway and EU-backed Ukrainian funds, with Lockheed Martin as the main contractor. How much do you want to bet that Donny is going to get a phone call from Putin?

83h ago

Rightardia

@rightardia.bsky.social

“The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of 500 Patriot air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine on Friday." Source: CNN

44h ago

Kriszta Satori

@fulelo.bsky.social

#BBCNews - US approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #UkraineWar

45h ago

Jonathan

@jonathansocials.com

Trump's team greenlit Ukraine's Patriot missile sale, funded by allies, but conveniently, that never counts as 'wasteful foreign aid' to the MAGA crowd.

43h ago

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U.S. clears potential $2.1B sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine

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