About 90 Patriot missiles from Israel are being sent to Ukraine in a transfer facilitated by the United States, according to a US defense official.

The Patriot missile system is sure to bolster Ukraine’s air defense apparatus. The United States will be facilitating a deal in which Israel sends roughly ninety Patriot missiles to Ukraine. Israel had been keeping the missiles in storage,

The United States transferred some 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from Israel to Poland this week to then deliver them to Ukraine, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing three sources with knowledge of the operation.

The U.S. military transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine, three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios.

Patriot missiles are included in a U.S.-facilitated transfer approved in September 2024, according to media reports published on

Israel is considering sending Soviet and Russian-made weapons captured in Lebanon to Ukraine, with signs transfers may be under way.

The United States this week transported about 90 Patriot interceptor missiles from a warehouse in Israel to Poland for further delivery to Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

The Telegraph reports that Israel has most likely begun supplying Ukraine with Russian weapons seized in places like Lebanon. The British newspaper suggests this is suggested by the movement of American C-17A transport aircraft observed after a meeting between Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel and Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel,

The U.S. military is providing Ukraine with around 90 interceptors for the Patriot air defense system, taking these from Israeli stocks, according to a recent report. The development, the implications of which we addressed in detail in the past,

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky has said that Israel will not hand over Russian weapons captured by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to Ukraine, as previously stated by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sharren Haskel.