Ukraine runs the risk of facing air deficits by slowing US supplies - media

To spread: Ukraine may face a shortage of air defense after reviewing military assistance by the US Department of Defense in 2025. According to Western and Ukrainian officials, the slowdown of supplies coincided with the intensification of Russian air strikes, which threatens the defense of Ukrainian cities. The situation after the Pentagon Directive in June, which changed the priorities of deliveries, writes the British edition of Financial Times after the Pentagon Directive.

From now on, the volume and regularity of assistance have declined, and this is against the background of increasing air strikes by Russia. "This is a matter of time when ammunition will end," said the anonymous source of the publication, familiar with the supply of air defense to Ukraine.

Western experts believe that it is a slowdown in PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot complexes, portable Styinger anti-aircraft complexes, managed artillery shells, more than 100 Hellfire missiles, and AIM missiles for Nassams and F-16 fighters. The fears have intensified after the greatest from the beginning of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation on Ukraine on Sunday 7 September. Russia has used 805 Shards and drones, as well as 13 winged and ballistic missiles.

As a result of the attack, the administrative goal in Kyiv - the Cabinet of Ministers, was affected for the first time during the war. In general, the number of Russian air attacks of the current year has increased: in the summer only the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have launched more than 5200 shock drones, and according to analysts, this trend will remain.

In such circumstances, the newspaper notes, the Ukrainian side is forced to use valuable passes and other ammunition systems of the air defense systems faster than they have time to arrive from Americans. Meanwhile, the White House refutes the statements that the United States "was deprived of Kiev AMI for air defense. " The administration's representative reported that President Donald Trump was instructed to reorient supply, in particular through NATO Allies.

Moreover, European countries have already concluded an agreement on the purchase of weapons in the United States for Ukraine. The same was confirmed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, on September 2, he stated that in August alone managed to agree with the partners a package of 2 billion euros for the purchase of American weapons, including air defense systems.