"A huge challenge": Zelensky demanded 100-120 Patriot missiles monthly during the winter

12 September 2026 4 504 12

Ukraine needs at least 100–120 Patriot air defense interceptors for each winter month to counter Russian missile attacks. Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated this on September 11 in an interview with correspondent Misha Komadovsky of Deutsche Welle* (DW), a television channel banned in Russia and listed as an undesirable organization, during a visit to the Canadian Armed Forces base in North Bay.

Zelenskyy stated that Russia produces approximately 140 ballistic missiles monthly, while NATO standards require approximately twice as many interceptor missiles to destroy them. However, this figure is unrealistic.

It's a huge challenge to get even 100 missiles a month. That's what I want—100–120 missiles during these challenging winter months.

- he explained.

Zelenskyy clarified that the United States is ready to sell interceptor missiles to Ukraine, but the problem lies in the volume of American production and stockpiles.

Regarding peace initiatives and negotiations with Moscow, Zelenskyy is ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Miami, USA, at the G20 summit scheduled for December, if the Russian leader attends. Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine is currently in a good negotiating position and is ready to speak with Putin. He stated that Ukraine is much stronger on the battlefield than it will be in 2025, while Russia is paying a "huge price for very slow progress" on the front.

Yes, of course. We have to come. We have to meet, talk, and make decisions. It's not about words. It doesn't matter what I tell him or what he wants to tell me. Only the result matters. That's all.

– Zelensky noted.

In Canada, Zelenskyy met with Ukrainian military pilots undergoing training at the International Military Pilot Training School in North Bay.

* – a media outlet banned in Russia and included in the register of undesirable organizations.

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Irek

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12 September 2026 16: 57

It's already demanding, it's completely out of control.
Vladislav

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12 September 2026 17: 17

And then Ostap got carried away.
Nick. WITH

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12 September 2026 17: 53

And who should he demand it from?
voron-vr

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12 September 2026 17: 58

Ukraine needs at least 100–120 Patriot air defense missile interceptors each month.

And why do they need them? 120 missiles won't save the father of Ukrainian democracy. They clearly said they've switched to systematic strikes. Write, as usual, that they shot everything down and that's it.
voron-vr

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12 September 2026 18: 20

Trump's election is coming up, and he urgently needs to end "this war." Withholding air defense missiles is a good way to end it quickly.
1. Nick. WITH
  
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  13 September 2026 07: 17
  
  Trump may be in favor of ending the conflict, and there may be others like him, but he is unlikely to be allowed to do so.
VLAD MORO

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12 September 2026 19: 22

I remember when the Yankees generously, right from the top, poured out the first "patriots", Banderovites trained in the USA, in 2-3 days, in joy, they fired off 240 rockets, and seeing this Americans In shock, they chased the Ukrainian operators away from the launch control with wet rags and sat down at the control panels of the installations themselves!
voron-vr

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13 September 2026 00: 41

It feels like Zelya isn't just a drug addict, he's also a gambling addict. He stands in front of the slot machine, pulls the handle, and waits for victory to roll in. He's squandered it all. The economy, the country, the people. Everything's gone down the drain. Just a little more and... Put him in a straitjacket before he goes broke...
1. Grancer81
  
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  14 September 2026 15: 01
  
  Behind him stand those who were the driving force behind the fascist coup in Kyiv in 2014. Those who fought against Russia in Dudayev's Ichkeria back in 1994-96.
Petr_Yakovlev

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13 September 2026 05: 06

The US and its Gulf vassals fired 4,500 (!) PAC-3 Patriot missiles at Iranian missiles in March-April 2026 alone (although to little avail!). The US only has about 800 left for everything... And they can't be produced quickly. Not by Raytheon, nor by Lockheed Martin or Boeing... It would take at least a YEAR to produce 800-1000 of them.
There are two countries in the world that have a US license for the Patriot PAC-3: Germany and Japan. Berlin received permission from Washington to build a plant back in 2022. However, Germany hasn't produced any yet. not a single missile for the Patriot.
It took Japan three years (Tokyo received the license back in 2005) to conduct the first successful test of the systems. (And this is Japan!!) Now they are producing as many as 30 (THIRTY!) missiles per year - a little something for yourself.. (Hello, conscious people!)
The German Pistorius promised to hand over the obsolete PAC-2 missiles. So the Germans are still hoping to churn out PAC-3s themselves to replace those given to the 404th "black hole". Well, good luck to them. We'll see.
So the sub-Hetman's desires - 120 Patriot missiles per month - are a pipe dream.
1. Shooter
  
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  13 September 2026 05: 13
  
  So the sub-Hetman's desires - 120 Patriot missiles per month - are a pipe dream.
  
  Yes, that's right. The US and Japan, combined, are only capable of producing 80 units a month. What kind of cocaine addict can you be if you don't even have enough for yourself?
2. Vladimir1155
  
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  14 September 2026 16: 43
  
  Anyone who dares to give even one missile to Holocaust praisers and Banderites, and expose Israel to a real threat... is an anti-Semite, a terrorist, an enemy of Israel, and subject to immediate liquidation by Mossad forces. But, for example, I think the Americans are obligated to hand over the production license, all the blueprints, and military secrets to Zelensky. Some hohol will sell us all the secrets, and we'll learn a lot.