NATO Turns Up Pressure on Greece and Spain Over Patriot Missiles for Ukraine

NATO and the European Union are pressing Spain and Greece to transfer Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine as Kyiv faces an urgent shortage of air-defense weapons. Both countries hold substantial stocks of the missiles, but neither has yet agreed to release a significant portion of its reserves.

This is reported by Bloomberg.

Spain and Greece have some of the largest stockpiles of Patriot interceptor missiles among Ukraine’s partners. Kyiv and its allies are primarily interested in PAC-2 missiles.

According to the publication, NATO and the EU began calling on Madrid and Athens to transfer some of their reserves to Ukraine back in the summer.

The issue of strengthening Ukrainian air defense is also planned to be discussed during a meeting of defense and foreign ministers of EU countries in Dublin. Representatives of Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland are expected to join the negotiations.

Greece has not yet agreed to transfer the Patriot missiles, citing the need to maintain a sufficient number of weapons for its own defense amid a long-standing rivalry with Turkey.

Spain, in turn, plans to provide Ukraine with 1 billion euros in military assistance in 2026. At the same time, Madrid and Athens did not comment on the current negotiations regarding Patriot.

It was previously reported that US President Donald Trump refused to transfer secret technologies to Ukraine for the independent production of Patriot interceptor missiles due to fears that American developments could eventually end up in Russia.

Also, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, Trump refused to transfer hundreds of additional Patriot interceptor missiles to Kyiv.