US Approves Sale of 500 Patriot Missiles to Ukraine, Deliveries May Take Years
By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | November 1, 2026
The State Department announced it had approved a potential $2.1 billion sale of Patriot missiles to Ukraine. Patriots are the most advanced interceptors available to Ukraine; however, Kiev is dealing with a shortage of Patriots, leading to more Russian missiles hitting Ukrainian cities.
“The US Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine for purchase of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, and related equipment,” the statement released on Friday explained. “The estimated total cost is $2.1 billion funded entirely by partners and allies.”
The State Department said Ukraine requested 500 Patriot missiles, and European countries will pay for the interceptors.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pleading for a winter package of Patriot missiles. The Ukrainian leader praised the decision to approve the sale of interceptors; however, he called for the timeline to be accelerated.
“A strong decision by the U.S. State Department – authorizing Ukraine’s purchase of Patriot interceptors to counter Russian ballistic missiles. Five hundred PAC-3 interceptors is a substantial number, and very soon – this winter – they COULD make for a highly effective defense package,” he wrote on X. “However, it has been stipulated that deliveries may begin ONLY IN A FEW YEARS.”
Zelensky called on the US to deliver 100 Patriot missiles to Ukraine each month during winter. Washington may not be able to deliver interceptors at that pace, as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have depleted US stockpiles.
Zelensky suggested that Washington and its allies could provide Ukraine with interceptors from their existing stockpiles and replace them with newly produced missiles in the coming years.
Last month, Reuters reported that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had not approved new sales of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine amid concerns about dwindling US stockpiles.
President Donald Trump appears to be positioning the US military in the Middle East for another escalation against Iran. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that an additional Patriot missile defense system was deployed to Israel.
Iran has pledged to respond to any US attack with strikes on Israel and US assets across the Middle East.
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UAE tortured, killed journalist for opposing Israel normalization
The Cradle | October 31, 2026
UAE security officers detained, tortured, and killed Emirati poet and news editor Habib al-Sayegh in August 2019, shortly after he published a column opposing UAE normalization with Israel, according to a newly published book.
“Princes and Thieves,” a book by investigative journalist Matthew Cole published on 25 October, alleges that UAE security officers raided Sayegh’s Abu Dhabi home shortly after the publication of the column, hooded him in front of his wife and took him to a detention facility where he was tortured to death.
His interrogators reportedly pulled out several of his teeth with pliers and beat him repeatedly with a sharp metal object.
On 11 August 2019, Sayegh criticized the UAE’s plan to normalize relations with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords in his weekly column for Khaleej newspaper. The column was titled “Israel Is Our Real Enemy and A Dangerous Project.”
Sayegh described Israel as “a real and natural enemy” while questioning “who authorized the normalizers to speak on behalf of everyone?”
Nine days after the column was published, Emirati state media announced his death, without stating a cause. … continue
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