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Ukraine’s foreign minister says Kiev has to ‘fight’ for every Patriot missile

TASS · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 128 words
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What to know about Ukraine’s foreign minister says Kiev has to ‘fight’ for every Patriot missile

Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga stated that Ukraine is struggling to acquire PAC-3 interceptor missiles for its Patriot systems due to limited US production and competing demands in the Middle East. The article notes that Ukrainian authorities frequently request increased ammunition supplies from Western nations.

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What happened

Ukraine is forced to "fight" for every PAC-3 interceptor missile for its Patriot systems, acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga stated.

Why it matters

"Unfortunately, such is the world and such are the geopolitical realities that the US can produce about 600 PAC-3 missiles per year.

Common ground

And given the situation in the Middle East, we understand how difficult it is for us right now to obtain, purchase, exchange, and acquire these missiles.

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Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga stated that Ukraine is struggling to acquire PAC-3 interceptor missiles for its Patriot systems due to limited US production and competing demands in the Middle East. The article notes that Ukrainian authorities frequently request increased ammunition supplies from Western nations.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Andrey Sibiga [spoke] at a joint press conference with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Kiev”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the joint press conference in Kyiv between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, including an official press release from the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and news reports from TASS and Mezha.
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web search NEUTRAL — No:331/26, Press Release on the Meeting of Minister Jeyhun Bayramov with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha.
https://mfa.gov.az/en/news/no33126
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web search NEUTRAL — Andrey Sibiga noted that the US could produce about 600 PAC-3 missiles per year.We are literally fighting for every single missile," he said at a joint press conference with Azerbaijani Foreign Minist…
https://tass.com/world/2169731
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web search NEUTRAL — Azerbaijan is ready to supply gas to Ukraine and develop an energy partnership. This was stated by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at a joint press conference in Kyiv with Ukrainian Forei…
https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/1d2118e6_azerbaijan_says_it/
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Claim 2: “the US can produce about 600 PAC-3 missiles per year”
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There is a direct contradiction between sources regarding production numbers. One source (The Zambian Observer) claims production is roughly 600 missiles per year, while another source (Lockheed Martin related report) states the current line produces approximately 2,400 missiles annually, with plans to increase to 3,960 by 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 52 U.S. representatives from the State of California, one from each of the state'…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the fifteen U.S. representatives from the State of Ohio, one from each of the state's congr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MIM-104 Patriot is a mobile interceptor missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot
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Claim 3: “acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga stated... [that] Ukraine is forced to 'fight' for every PAC-3 interceptor missile”
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The claim that Andrey Sibiga stated Ukraine is 'fighting' for every PAC-3 missile is reported by TASS and corroborated by the context of the joint press conference mentioned in other reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrey Removich Belousov (born 17 March 1959) is a Russian politician and economist, serving as the Minister of Defence of Russia since 14 May 2024. From January 2020 to May 2024, he served as First …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Belousov
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine, or the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, is a military unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces composed of foreign volunteers. It was created on 27 February 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Legion_(Ukraine)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Olena Volodymyrivna Zerkal (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Зеркаль, born 24 June 1973), widely known as Lana Zerkal, is a Ukrainian diplomat. Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Zerkal
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