# Zelensky trying to shift responsibility for missile shortage onto Trump — ex-spox

https://mins.news/en/item/21462

- TASS, 2026-08-13 16:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2172521

> Former Zelensky press secretary Yulia Mendel said the Ukrainian leader’s request for 300 Patriot missiles from Washington was an attempt to shift responsibility for the shortage onto President Donald Trump. She said the request represented 36–40% of the entire US stockpile but would still have been critically insufficient for Ukraine.

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