Posted on 09/27/2025 12:33:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine has received Patriot missile defense systems from Israel that are already deployed in the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Saturday, according to Israeli media reports.
Zelensky further added that Ukraine will receive two new Patriot systems soon, according to Reuters.The Ukrainian leader’s statement comes months after the Israeli Foreign Ministry told The Kyiv Independent in June that Patriot systems had not been sent to the country, ostensibly refuting earlier claims made by Israeli ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky that they had.
“The statement is incorrect. Israel has not transferred Patriot systems to Ukraine,” the ministry said at the time.Brodsky’s statement came during an interview with Ukrainian blogger Marichka Dovbenko. He said that the Patriot system “saved us in the early 1990s, when there was the first war in the Persian Gulf. We received it from the United States, and by the way, these systems are now in Ukraine. We agreed to transfer them to Ukraine and, unfortunately, we didn’t speak much about it, but when people say that Israel didn’t help militarily, that is not true.”
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Well, if Israel doesn’t need air defense systems any more, perhaps they should return them to the US instead of transferring them to a dictatorship.
what a mess
from Israel, lol
“””””Well, if Israel doesn’t need air defense systems any more, perhaps they should return them to the US instead of transferring them to a dictatorship.”””””
WASHINGTON DC – President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Saturday the operational status of a US-made Patriot air-defense system that originated in Israel, a transfer that was carefully orchestrated by Washington to circumvent political sensitivities in Jerusalem.
Israel uses what works. I am sure they unloaded them at a $$$ premium.
Million dollar Patriots to stop $10k drones.
This is how to lose a war of attrition.
Sad
Will they fire for Nazis?
I get a “403 Forbidden” message when I try to click on the link to the JP article.
So, the needs of the globalists take priority over Israel’s needs?
They better not have been originally paid for by U.S. taxpayers and supplied to Israel for free.
More drone bait.
Of course they were paid for by U.S. taxpayers.
And we'll probably give Israel more free stuff to make up for the free stuff they're sending to Ukraine.
You seriously expect Ukraine or Israel to ever pick up a check?
No, because no European country ever did either.
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