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Germany is planning to send Ukraine older PAC-2 Patriot missiles to replenish its dwindling stockpiles of air defense ammunition, the Washington Post (WP) reported on May 26, citing a European diplomat. <\/p>\n

The U.S.-made Patriot air defense system<\/a> is widely recognized for its high-precision detection, tracking, and interception of aircraft, cruise, and ballistic missiles. Kyiv is running out of \u00a0ammunition for its Patriots<\/a> as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks.<\/a><\/p>\n

In early May, the U.S. authorized Germany<\/a> <\/strong><\/strong>to transfer 100 Patriot<\/a> air defense missiles to Ukraine. Speaking to the WP anonymously, a European diplomat in Kyiv said<\/a> that Berlin plans to send older PAC-2 missiles, which are less effective at intercepting ballistic missiles than the newer PAC-3 Patriots.<\/p>\n

A senior Ukrainian intelligence official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that even PAC-3 missiles cannot intercept Russia’s Oreshnik<\/a>, the new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) Moscow used to attack the city of Dnipro<\/a> in November. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The European diplomat added that the only other air defense weapon potentially capable of shooting down ballistics is the Aster<\/a>, a French-Italian missile. This capability has not yet been proven, he said. <\/p>\n

The more modern PAC-3 missiles are designed with “hit-to-kill”<\/a> precision targeting technology, which the older PAC-2s lack. PAC-3s are also smaller, lighter, and more manueverable than PAC-2 missiles. A standard Patriot launcher can fit 16 PAC-3s at once, compared to only four PAC-2s.<\/p>\n

The claim that Germany’s latest air defense package may consist of less effective missiles comes after Ukraine endured three consecutive nights of large-scale Russian attacks.<\/a> Moscow bombarded Kyiv and other cities with ballistic and cruise missiles while also launching a record number of drones<\/a> at Ukraine. <\/p>\n

After the first attack, Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said that Russia has upgraded its ballistic missiles<\/a> with radar decoys and evasive maneuvers, making them potentially harder to intercept even by Patriot systems.<\/p>\n

President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered to buy 10 Patriot batteries<\/a> from Washington, but U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the request<\/a>. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on May 20 that Washington is looking for other NATO nations<\/a> to supply Ukraine with additional Patriots.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine war latest: West no longer imposing range restrictions on arms for Ukraine, Germany\u2019s Merz says<\/div>\n
Key developments on May 26: * West no longer imposing range restrictions on arms for Ukraine, Germany\u2019s Merz says * Russia launches record 355 drones at Ukraine; 6 killed, 24 injured over past 24 hours * Russian drone production site, chemical plant targeted in alleged Ukrainian drone strike * Netherlands to send last of<\/div>\n
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