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Poland does not have enough Patriot interceptors to support Ukraine, says FM Radoslaw Sikorski

Warsaw, Oct 21 (UNI) Poland does not have enough Patriot air defence interceptors to supply Ukraine and is urging other NATO members with available stocks to help Kyiv, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said.
In an interview with the Polish Press Agency published on Monday, Sikorski warned that Western air defence stocks were under growing pressure following the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran.
“Following the attacks on Iran, the shortage of interceptor missiles has indeed increased, and Russia is producing more missiles than we have interceptors to neutralise them. This is a real problem,” he said.
“There are NATO countries that still have such resources to contribute, but Poland is not one of them,” Sikorski added, saying Warsaw could only join calls for countries with Patriot systems to share their interceptors with Ukraine.
The issue triggered a political row in Poland in July, when the government faced criticism over the transfer of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine as part of a wider NATO-backed aid package. Opposition politicians accused Warsaw of compromising its own security, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk maintained that the deliveries would not weaken Poland’s defences.
Poland has become one of the European Union’s biggest military spenders, with defence expenditure reaching 4.7% of GDP. It has also been among Kyiv’s strongest supporters, providing billions in military and other aid while serving as a key transit hub for Western weapons shipments.
However, Warsaw is facing delays in replenishing its own arsenal. Polish General Ireneusz Nowak warned earlier this month that deliveries of US-made PAC-3 MSE Patriot interceptors had been pushed back as the war with Iran depleted American weapons stocks.
The ammunition shortage extends beyond Poland. In July, the Netherlands said it had exhausted its capacity to supply Ukraine with Patriot missiles from its own stocks after providing interceptors and helping assemble a complete Patriot system for Kyiv.
Ukraine is also facing a critical shortage of air defence ammunition as Russia intensifies strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure. Moscow has described its attacks as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, including against civilian targets and energy facilities.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested 300 Patriot interceptors from European partners and complained that Washington has approved only some of the missiles purchased through a NATO-backed initiative. The White House has also delayed approving additional transfers as US President Donald Trump presses Kyiv to negotiate a settlement with Moscow.
Poland’s relations with Ukraine have also deteriorated over the commemoration of Ukrainian nationalist figures associated with the World War II-era Volhynia massacres, in which Ukrainian Insurgent Army militants linked to the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists killed an estimated 100,000 ethnic Poles. Warsaw recognises the killings as genocide, while Kyiv continues to honour figures including OUN leader Stepan Bandera.
Tensions escalated again this year after Zelensky awarded a Ukrainian military unit the honorary title “Heroes of the UPA”. Polish President Karol Nawrocki subsequently stripped Zelensky of Poland’s highest honour, politicians on both sides renounced state decorations, and Warsaw threatened to obstruct Ukraine’s bid to join the EU.
Moscow has repeatedly argued that Western weapons deliveries prolong the conflict, undermine peace efforts and risk drawing NATO members into a direct confrontation with Russia.
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