Zelensky: 5% of U.S. interceptor missiles would get Ukraine through the winter; 10% would stop all Russian ballistic missiles

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with CNN that Ukraine is receiving two and a half times fewer interceptor missiles this year than it did in 2025, even as Russia has doubled the number of ballistic missiles it launches each month.

President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN that Ukraine urgently needs more US Patriot interceptors as Russia increases its ballistic missile attacks. He said Ukraine currently has only 1% of the US stockpile, while 5% could help Kyiv survive the winter and 10% could enable it to stop all Russian ballistic missiles.

Ukraine could 'destroy all the Russians’ ballistic missiles' if US sells 10% of Patriot missile supply to Kyiv, Zelensky says  The Kyiv Independent

Zelensky said Ukraine in 2026 had two-and-a-half times less interceptors than it had in 2025.

Zelensky explains Ukraine’s ballistic missile interceptor shortage  CNN