Ukraine holds talks concerning 2 Patriot system and 1 Samp-T system batteries

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has stated that "active negotiations" with Ukraine’s allies on supplying the country with two batteries for the Patriot air defence systems and one for the SAMP/T systems are ongoing.

Source: Kuleba in an interview on air of the joint 24/7 newscast on the evening of 12 April, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Speaking about the negotiations on strengthening the Ukrainian air defence, Kuleba indicated that the decision concerning the supply of the Patriot batteries depends on the US "because it is an American [air defence] system".

"We know for sure the location of everything. At the moment active negotiations concerning two batteries of the Patriot air defence systems and one of the SAMP/T systems are ongoing. Basically, if the countries where these systems are located were ready to supply us with them, then it would take a week for us to receive them," he explained.

SAMP/T-MAMBA is the first long-range anti-missile system in Europe, able to destroy enemy aircraft at a distance from 3 to 100 km and ballistic missiles at a distance from 3 to 25 km, the height of attack is up to 25 km.

Ukraine received a battery of SAMP/T in 2023.  

Background: Earlier Kuleba listed five priorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for 2024 in his speech at the Wartime Diplomacy Forum. Supplying Ukraine with air defence systems was first on the list.

Earlier Kuleba urged his French counterpart to immediately provide air defence systems for Ukraine and stated that Ukraine would not have lost the Trypillia Thermal Power Plant (TPP) near Kyiv if it had enough Patriot air defence systems.

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