Ukraine is not sure how many Patriot systems they will receive
(MENAFN) Ukraine is unsure what US President Donald Trump meant when he announced that Kiev would receive “17 Patriots” from NATO countries, the deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), Major General Vadim Skibitsky, has said.
When Trump made the statement during his meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday, he said a European member of the bloc would supply the American-made air defense systems, but did not specify if he was talking about whole batteries or separate launchers. The next day, the US president claimed that the Patriots “are already being shipped. They are coming in from Germany and then replaced by Germany.”
Skibitsky told The Guardian on Tuesday that Kiev reacted “positively” to Trump’s statement and that it was grateful for US military aid.
However, he stressed that it was not clear to them how many Patriot systems Ukraine would be receiving. “We do not know exactly,” the HUR deputy chief said.
According to Skibitsky, “17 is a huge number if we are talking about batteries. If it is launchers, that is possible.”
“The US administration and the Pentagon will give us further details,” he added.
A Patriot battery usually consists of six to eight launchers, a phased-array radar, a control station and a power generation station, with all of the hardware being mounted on trucks or trailers.
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