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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to sell Ukraine more Patriot interceptor missiles, saying even 5% of the US stockpile would help Kyiv survive the winter, while 10% could allow it to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks.Zelensky made the comments in an interview with CNN as Ukraine faces a sharp increase in Russian ballistic missile attacks and a severe shortage of Patriot interceptors.\u201cThis year we have two and a half times less interceptors than we had in 2025,\u201d he said. \u201cRussia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before.\u201d\u201cIf they can sell us 10%, we will destroy all the Russians\u2019 ballistic missiles. I have 1%.\u201dZelensky said Russia’s intensified attacks had placed further pressure on Ukraine’s air defences, particularly around Kyiv. The United Nations has said July was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022.\u201cEach night you have attacks, and four or five times per month we have massive attacks \u2026 terrible nights. Very heroic, very resilient people really. But they (are) tired.\u201d<\/p>\n Zelensky said securing additional interceptors had become a daily priority, involving direct appeals to the US and negotiations with other allies.\u201cThis is what I live each day: from 1% to 5%. I have some months, and million phone calls \u2026 I try to exchange something to missiles \u2026 I do some things which I can\u2019t even share. It doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s outside of the law. But I can\u2019t speak about it.\u201dHe said the global supply of Patriot missiles had been strained by the US war with Iran, during which American and Gulf forces used dozens of interceptors against Iranian missile and drone attacks.The shortage has left Ukraine facing growing difficulty in defending its cities against Russian missile strikes.<\/p>\n Zelensky also said uncertainty remained over a proposal for Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles under a US licence.US President Donald Trump had said during the Nato summit in Ankara that he would allow Ukraine to obtain a licence to manufacture the systems. However, Trump later expressed uncertainty about the proposal.Patriot system manufacturers have since sent officials to Kyiv to discuss potential production, but Zelensky said no agreement had yet been reached.\u201cI hope that I will get it,\u201d Zelensky said. \u201cI don\u2019t have now 5% and I don\u2019t have such an acceptance. And this is for me is a big challenge, one of the biggest I had from the very beginning of this war.\u201dZelensky said he had been appealing directly to the White House through calls and messages, as well as through Ukraine’s allies, to secure additional Patriot support.<\/p>\n Zelensky also said Ukraine had presented new proposals for the US-led peace process, while calling for greater American involvement.\u201cWe need more involvement of the American side to the peace plan. I\u2019m thankful to the team of President Trump that they want to continue. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin doesn\u2019t want to stop this war now and (there\u2019s) not enough pressure on him now.\u201dHe rejected the possibility of Ukraine surrendering the remaining territory in the Donbass sought by Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying security guarantees remained essential to prevent another invasion.\u201cRussia begins to speak about this war, and they speak about territory. The key question is why he will not come again with 1 or 2 additional million soldiers after a big pause. Why he will not come again to occupy us?\u201dZelensky also backed Western assessments that Putin could eventually seek to escalate the conflict with Nato, including by targeting the Baltic states.\u201cHe doesn\u2019t know how to end this war without big occupation or big victory for his society. It\u2019s more simple to find some smaller country \u2026 for him, it will not be important if this country is in Nato or not in Nato. He wants quick victory, 100% sure that he will win, occupy or destroy or control.\u201d<\/div>\n Zelensky urged the US to sell Ukraine 5-10% of its Patriot interceptor stockpile to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to sell Ukraine more Patriot interceptor missiles, saying even 5% of the US stockpile would help Kyiv survive the winter, while 10% could allow it to counter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Zelensky urged the US to sell Ukraine 5-10% of its Patriot interceptor stockpile to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to sell Ukraine more Patriot interceptor missiles, saying even 5% of the US stockpile would help Kyiv survive the winter, while 10% could allow it to counter […]","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":1,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":4,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg",400,225,false],"medium":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg",300,169,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-zelenskyy.jpg",150,84,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/author\/admin"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Zelensky describes daily efforts to secure missiles<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Uncertainty over Ukraine’s Patriot production<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Zelensky seeks greater US role in peace talks<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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