Zelensky urges NATO states to help Ukraine obtain licenses to produce Patriot systems

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged NATO countries to help Ukraine obtain licenses to produce Patriot systems, because the current production capacity of these systems is insufficient to meet all threats in the world.

The head of state said this in an address to participants in the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council in Kyiv, Ukrinform reports.

"We have been discussing this with the United States for a long time – it’s true. We raised it with the previous U.S. Administration, and we continue to discuss it with the current one – namely, providing Ukraine with licenses to produce such systems, Patriot systems. And it's not only about Ukraine – it's to all the Europeans who have such capabilities to start and to produce it massively. Current Patriot production capacity is simply not enough to meet all the existing and potential threats around the world," Zelensky said.

He noted that Ukraine has already shown in many types of weapons, especially drones, that it can move quickly and produce modern systems on a large scale. " So I ask for your support at the political level to help achieve positive decisions on these licenses as well," the President urged.

As previously reported, Austrian military expert and lecturer at the Austrian National Defense Academy Gustav Gressel told Ukrinform in an interview that European countries should help Ukraine develop its own production of ballistic missiles, which would significantly improve its ability to strike deep inside Russia, and would also make it possible to produce these missiles in Europe after the war as a deterrent.

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