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Germany has exhausted its stockpiles and can no longer supply Patriot systems or interceptors to Ukraine, Boris Pistorius said
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Germany has exhausted its stockpiles and can no longer supply Patriot air-defence systems or interceptors to Ukraine. The admission marks a shift for Europe’s largest economy and one of Kyiv’s biggest military backers, which had drawn down its own inventories to keep Patriot batteries supplied. It matters because Patriot is the only system capable of intercepting advanced ballistic and hypersonic threats, leaving Ukraine more dependent on other allies and on replenishment timelines. Watch for pressure on Berlin to accelerate procurement and for other European capitals to fill the gap.
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