President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with ABC News that Ukraine received only 24 interceptor missiles for Patriot systems from the United States in the last three months, while its needs for such weapons are significantly greater, Espreso reported. “I feel what I feel. This is not support,” he said, adding that he does not feel betrayed but noting the absence of American assistance, and that he cannot explain what went wrong in his relations with President Donald Trump. Espreso noted that media had earlier reported Ukraine had exhausted its stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles, leaving the country more vulnerable to Russian ballistic missile strikes.
Zelensky says Ukraine received 24 Patriot missiles in three months
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an ABC News interview that Ukraine received only 24 Patriot interceptor missiles from the United States in the past three months, far short of its needs.
Why it matters: Patriot interceptors are Ukraine's main defence against Russian ballistic missiles, so a delivery count that low would leave stocks well short of the pace of Russian attacks, and the figure is the president's claim, with no United States confirmation in the sources read.
Data as of Espreso report of October 24, 2026, in Ukrainian, read in full, reporting President Zelensky's interview with ABC News. The delivery figure is a claim by the Ukrainian president, a party to the war, and no United States confirmation appeared in the sources read. Developing item. Correction, October 24, 2026, 05:24 ET: the first version of this item attributed the remarks to a briefing reported by Interfax-Ukraine and included a Tomahawk passage; the cited Espreso article attributes the remarks to ABC News and contains neither, and the item has been rewritten to match it.
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- Zelensky: In 3 months Ukraine received only 24 missiles for the Patriot from the USA - Espreso, in Ukrainian, reporting an ABC News interview - 2026-10-24