Ukraine needs 5% of US Patriots to get through winter, Zelenskyy says

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13/08/2026 – 17:48 GMT+2

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on Washington to release a portion of the US Patriot interceptor stockpile, saying Ukraine needs 5% of the missiles simply to get through the winter and “save people’s lives.”

“If they sell us 5% we will go through the winter and save people’s lives. If they can sell us 10%, we will destroy all the Russians’ ballistic missiles,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with CNN.

Kyiv currently only has 1% of what it needs, he said.

“From one percent to five percent, I have some months and millions (of) phone calls and anything else.”

Pressed on whether the US had responded to the request…

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