Ukraine asks EU to allow Patriot missile purchases under loan programme
Ukraine has asked the European Commission to use funds from the EU's €90 billion loan to buy interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems. Kyiv wants to spend more than €2 billion on the missiles.
Ukraine has submitted a request to the European Commission to purchase interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems using funds from the European Union's €90 billion loan, according to Suspilne, which cited unnamed sources.
Kyiv wants to allocate more than €2 billion for Patriot missiles. The European Commission had previously received a list of weapons from Ukraine on which it plans to spend most of the remaining €6 billion in the defence component of the loan. Most of the items involve equipment produced in Ukraine and the EU, primarily drones.
Patriot systems use PAC-2 and PAC-3 interceptor missiles of various modifications, which are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles as well.
In August 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the United States would supply Ukraine with Patriot missiles every month. He also noted that since the start of 2026, Ukraine had been receiving roughly three times fewer anti-ballistic missiles for the country's defence.
The €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan programme includes €30 billion in budget support and €60 billion for defence needs in 2026–2027. Of that amount, €28.3 billion is to be allocated in 2026 to support Ukraine's defence industry.
Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda reported that in June the European Commission began disbursing €3.9 billion to Ukraine as the first payment under an initial tranche of about €6 billion for drone purchases.
