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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke out Monday about what he described as a critical shortage of weapons needed to shield Ukraine from Russian ballistic missile attacks.<\/p>

In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy called the situation deeply troubling, saying: “It is simply absurd that, in the modern world, production has still not been scaled up to the level actually required to protect people from ballistic terror.”<\/p>

The Ukrainian leader went on to say that Ukraine already possesses the technical knowledge to manufacture the necessary defense systems. He added that if Ukraine were granted U.S. licenses to produce U.S. Patriot missile systems, “our production would be sufficient not only to defend Ukraine but also to assist partners who need them.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed frustration Monday over the lack of missile defense weapons available to protect Ukraine from Russian ballistic missile strikes. He called it ‘absurd’ that global production has not been scaled up to meet the need. Zelenskiy also said Ukraine could produce enough weapons to help its allies if it received U.S. licenses to manufacture Patriot systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":91784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783361878419.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-nSp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71713,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/ukraine-leader-says-u-s-talks-on-missile-defense-production-stalled\/","url_meta":{"origin":91785,"position":0},"title":"Ukraine Leader Says U.S. Talks on Missile Defense Production Stalled","author":"Admin","date":"May 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Monday that discussions with America regarding expanded missile defense manufacturing have reached a standstill. 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