Ukraine's Supply of US Patriot Missiles Dwindling as Russia Launches 23 Missiles Unopposed

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A new military assessment reveals that Ukraine was unable to intercept any of the 23 Russian ballistic missiles that targeted Kyiv on July 6, 2026, due to a severe shortfall in American-supplied Patriot air defense systems. Analysts from CSIS noted that Ukraine managed to intercept merely 14 out of 54 Russian ballistic missiles in June, resulting in a staggering 74 percent failure rate. The ongoing US-Iran conflict is reportedly redirecting Patriot missile shipments initially intended for Ukraine's defense. Recognizing this weakness, Russia has significantly escalated its ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv. Pentagon officials caution that without urgent resupply, Ukraine is at risk of severe military vulnerability that Russia will likely exploit aggressively.

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00:00Russia found Ukraine's Achilles' heel, and it is America's fault.

00:04On July 6, Russia fired 23 ballistic missiles at Kiev.

00:08Ukraine stopped zero of them, not one.

00:12Defense analysts confirmed that Ukraine's stockpile of American Patriot interceptor missiles is running critically low.

00:18In June alone, Ukraine only intercepted 14 of 54 Russian ballistic missiles,

00:24a 74% failure rate that would have been unthinkable a year ago.

00:28The cause is the Iran war.

00:31Patriot missile deliveries, originally contracted for Ukraine's defense, are being diverted to the Middle East.

00:37Russia has spotted this vulnerability and is now dramatically escalating its use of ballistic missiles

00:43specifically because it knows Kiev's shields are down.

00:46Pentagon officials are warning Congress that without emergency resupply, Ukraine faces a window of total aerial exposure.

00:54The question is, can Washington supply both wars at once?

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