Poland cannot provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine: What Warsaw proposes
Illustrative photo: Poland is facing an air defense shortage (Getty Images)
Poland cannot provide Ukraine with Patriot missiles because it has no stockpiles to spare, according to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in an interview with the PAP news agency.
Journalists asked the minister whether Ukraine could count on EU countries and Poland, as it had almost run out of missiles for its Patriot systems.
"Indeed, the shortage of interceptor missiles has increased following the attacks on Iran, while Russia is producing more missiles than we have the means to destroy. This is a real problem," Sikorski said.
"There are NATO countries that still have such systems available for transfer, but Poland is not among them," he added.
According to the minister, Poland supports Ukraine as much as it can. However, on this issue, Warsaw can only join calls for countries that have Patriot missiles to share them with Ukraine.
What about funding for Ukraine
Sikorski also recalled that the EU's 90 billion euro loan has not yet been exhausted. Aid to Ukraine continues to be disbursed.
At the same time, he said that sooner or later, Europe would have to return to the issue of frozen assets belonging to Russia's central bank. He does not expect an agreement to be reached before winter.
The minister added that the European Commission is looking for creative solutions to ensure that Belgium, which is blocking the agreement, is not left alone to bear the risk of Russian lawsuits.
Poland has received a new batch of South Korean-made ballistic missiles with a range of nearly 300 kilometers.
They are intended for the Homar-K system, and the first Polish-made missiles are expected to roll off the production line in 2028.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied that Washington was deliberately refusing to provide Ukraine with interceptor missiles.
According to him, the US approach to Ukraine has not changed.
