US approves a $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot interceptors to Ukraine after an alleged holdup

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to sign deals ordering the transfer of Patriot air-defense missiles from third countries to Kyiv before winter, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday 28 October. On Friday 30 October the Trump administration approved a $2.1 billion sale of Patriot missiles to Ukraine after Zelenskyy accused the US of delaying shipments of the interceptors, Bloomberg reported, NBC News citing a State Department statement, ABC News calling it a proposed sale and The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times a proposed sale approved after an alleged holdup. The State Department said 500 Patriot missiles are being purchased for Ukraine with donations from Canada, Germany and Norway through a U.S. program and that no American funds were involved, the LA Times reported, and CBS News wrote on 31 October that Zelenskyy urged allies to speed up deliveries of the munition.

Latest: The State Department said the 500 Patriot missiles are being purchased for Ukraine with donations from Canada, Germany and Norway through a U.S. program and that no American funds were involved, the LA Times reported, and CBS News wrote that Zelenskyy urged allies to speed up deliveries.

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