The United States administration may increase air defence supplies to Ukraine if it exports Patriot SAM munitions from Japan to the US.
About it writes The Washington Post.
The article says that Tokyo is expected to relax arms export rules this week, which will allow the Japanese side to supply Washington with “several dozen Patriot missiles”. It is noted that this will replenish the US stockpile and allow the US to send Kiev “more of Ukraine’s latest air defence equipment”.
At the same time, the newspaper notes that Japan will not send Kiev interceptor missiles directly.
Earlier, United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington would provide Ukraine with ammunition for air defence, HIMARS and artillery, as well as HARM anti-radar missiles and anti-tank ammunition as part of a new aid package for Kiev.