{"id":28866,"date":"2026-08-05T18:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28866"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:54:23","slug":"ukraine-says-missile-interceptor-deliveries-have-fallen-to-third-of-2025-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28866","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine says missile interceptor deliveries have fallen to third of 2025 level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KYIV, Aug 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Allies have supplied just a third of the air defence missiles to Ukraine in 2026 compared with 2025, President \u200cVolodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, as Russia escalates strikes on the capital \u200cof Kyiv and its southern port hub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine has been short on U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of \u200bdowning Russian ballistic missiles since the start of the war. But in recent weeks, the acute shortage came into focus, with Moscow pummelling Kyiv, on average, every three days in July alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And this is not just a summer phenomenon &#8211; it applies to \u200cevery period of the first \u2060half of 2026,&#8221; Zelenskiy added on the Telegram app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In what has become a pattern in recent weeks, Ukrainian air defences failed \u2060to intercept a single one of the 24 ballistic missiles and four Zircon cruise missiles during Wednesday&#8217;s attack, the air force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine&#8217;s president \u200bon the \u200bdevelopment of defence technology, estimates that Russia \u200bis capable of launching 100 \u200cballistic missiles every month to attack logistic hubs, industrial facilities, food and building warehouses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The war of attrition has entered its next phase,&#8221; he said on the Telegram app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to its own capabilities, Russia again turned to the deployment of North Korean missiles. Last week, Moscow&#8217;s troops fired the first two North Korean missiles \u200csince last August, Ukraine said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A North Korean missile \u200bunit has begun deploying to western Russia and \u200bcould be equipped with 120 \u200bballistic missiles and six launchers, according to Ukraine&#8217;s military intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With \u200cinterceptor stocks limited across the globe and \u200bpolitical volatility affecting \u200bsupplies, one possible way for Ukraine to counteract is to target Russian missile launchers, some military analysts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine&#8217;s current capabilities do not permit such strikes. \u200bKyiv is also pressing \u200callies to develop a pan-European anti-ballistic system and has sought a licence \u200bfrom the U.S. to produce Patriot missiles itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; \u200bEditing by Andrew Heavens and Alison Williams)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV, Aug 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Allies have supplied just a third of the air defence missiles to Ukraine in 2026 compared with 2025, President \u200cVolodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, as Russia escalates strikes on the capital \u200cof Kyiv and its southern port hub. 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