European countries reject calls from Ukraine to strengthen air defense - Financial Times

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European capitals have rejected demands from Kyiv to send its air defense systems to Ukraine after a week of relentless missile and drone bombing by Russia that destroyed critical energy plants in the war-torn country.
As the Financial Times notes, Ukraine has long warned that it needs urgent supplies of air defense systems to protect itself from the overwhelming number of Russian missiles aimed at the country's energy and heating infrastructure.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stepped up calls for the transfer of American-made Patriot batteries, criticizing Kyiv's Western partners for "turning a blind eye" as the capital region witnessed the destruction of its largest power plant.
Kyiv is lobbying to send Patriot systems to Ukraine from Poland, Romania and Spain, two sources familiar with the negotiations told the Financial Times.
"They only need seven. But it's difficult," one person said.
European capitals have said they have no plans to send more systems to Ukraine, arguing they need to preserve defense capabilities.
Germany gave Ukraine two Patriot systems but made clear that it would not provide more.
"We will not be able to offer any more systems at this time," the Defense Department said.
This position outraged some representatives of the opposition Christian Democratic Union. Norbert Röttgen, a Christian Democratic Union lawmaker and member of the Bundestag's foreign affairs committee, said Berlin could provide Ukraine with two more Patriot systems, especially since those lent to Poland and Slovakia have now been returned.
Ukraine's demands have focused attention on strategic minimum levels of defense capability, and whether European NATO states will decide to go below their self-imposed minimum level needed to defend their states in order to send equipment to Ukraine.
"I would say that any decision to reduce strategic stockpiles is largely in the hands of our defense forces and our armed forces and should always remain confidential," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said this week when asked whether he believed that other countries should send more weapons to Ukraine.
The Polish military insists it cannot supply Patriot to Ukraine while it itself awaits supplies from the United States after Washington approved a $15 billion Polish order for Patriot and related equipment last June.
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