# Zelenskyy thanks US for deal on 500 Patriot missiles but warns delivery could take years

https://mins.news/en/item/123511

- euronews, 2026-10-31 07:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/zelenskyy-thanks-us-over-deal-for-500-patriot-missiles-but-warns-delivery-could-take-years

> Zelenskyy thanked the US for a deal to supply 500 Patriot missiles, while warning that delivery could take years. Kyiv has long sought more interceptors to help its forces repel Russian missile and drone attacks, and the approaching winter is intensifying that need.

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