A live-fire air defence exercise by Ukraine's air force. File photo, illustrative. Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Ukraine reaches deal with U.S. on monthly deliveries of interceptor missiles: Zelensky.
Kyiv says it has agreed a monthly supply schedule with Washington, while warning the 2026 total will fall short of last year's.
Kyiv – Zelensky noted that the number of interceptor missiles Ukraine is expected to receive in 2026 would be lower than in 2025, without disclosing specific figures.
Background
Interceptor missiles are the rounds fired by air-defence systems to destroy incoming missiles and drones. Supply is the limiting factor in air defence: each launcher can only fire what it has been issued, and production of the most advanced interceptors is slow and concentrated in a handful of manufacturers.
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022. Ukraine's air defences have since relied heavily on Western-supplied systems alongside Soviet-era equipment, and Kyiv has repeatedly said the pace of deliveries, rather than the design of the systems, is its main constraint.
Volodymyr Zelensky has been president of Ukraine since May 2019. His country is not a member of NATO, so weapons transfers are arranged bilaterally with individual governments rather than through the alliance.
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Kyiv says it has agreed a monthly supply schedule with Washington, while warning the 2026 total will fall short of last year’s.
Kyiv — Zelensky noted that the number of interceptor missiles Ukraine is expected to receive in 2026 would be lower than in 2025, without disclosing specific figures.
Background
Interceptor missiles are the rounds fired by air-defence systems to destroy incoming missiles and drones. Supply is the limiting factor in air defence: each launcher can only fire what it has been issued, and production of the most advanced interceptors is slow and concentrated in a handful of manufacturers.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022. Ukraine’s air defences have since relied heavily on Western-supplied systems alongside Soviet-era equipment, and Kyiv has repeatedly said the pace of deliveries, rather than the design of the systems, is its main constraint.
Volodymyr Zelensky has been president of Ukraine since May 2019. His country is not a member of NATO, so weapons transfers are arranged bilaterally with individual governments rather than through the alliance.
