State Department approves possible sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine

The State Department said it "has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine" of five hundred PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, with an estimated total cost of $2.1 billion "funded entirely by partners and allies." It said Ukraine will pay with donations from Canada, Germany and Norway via the JUMPSTART program and national funds financed by the European Union’s Ukraine Support Loan, and that "No U.S. funds are involved in this sale." The principal contractor would be Lockheed Martin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X: "Five hundred PAC-3 interceptors is a substantial number". He also wrote: "it has been stipulated that deliveries may begin ONLY IN A FEW YEARS."