Warsaw is considering sending more Patriot air-defense missiles to Ukraine, with a decision expected within days, Deputy Defense Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka has said.
As Russia intensifies its campaign of ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, Kyiv has appealed to its international partners to provide air-defense munitions, particularly Patriot missiles, as its stockpiles have been exhausted.
Warsaw has yet to commit any new Patriot munitions to Ukraine, and the topic is a thorny one politically against the backdrop of an ongoing diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
Poland will take a decision “in the coming days, Sobkowiak-Czarnecka told Polish news service RMF 24 on Thursday.
“It is a decision that is always taken at the highest level,” she said, adding that the matter will be coordinated with the US and other NATO allies.
The deputy minister went on to say that after an armed Russian missile landed in Poland in July—the first ever such incident in a NATO country—Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz had said it would be preferable to intercept such threats over Ukrainian territory.
“The decision must be taken in the context of the security of Poles, and all arguments must be weighed,” she said.
Political hot potato
The issue has become a hot political topic among NATO allies as many alliance members have low reserves of the missiles themselves.
US President Donald Trump has appeared to dismiss Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s pleas, telling journalists in early August “We want missiles too,” as Washington’s reserves are expended in its war with IUran.
At the same time as Trump seemed to dash Zelenskyy’s hopes, the Netherlands said it had no more PAC-3 Patriot missiles to donate.
Despite the ongoing feud between Kyiv and Warsaw over historical grievances, Zelenskyy increased pressure on Poland at the weekend.
“The Germans and the Poles have them,” he said during an official visit to Belgrade. “These are the ones who can help significantly.”
PAC-3 missiles are built to destroy ballistic missiles descending at enormous speed, a task Ukrainian systems can perform. Each costs approximately €3.5 million to €4.3 million, and defenders may need to fire two to improve the chance of a kill.
Volodymyr said in early August 2026 that deliveries of air-defense missiles were “three times smaller” than during the same period in in 2025.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has reported that Russia launched 195 ballistic missiles against Ukraine in July, of which Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 29.
Another 40 failed to hit their targets, the ministry said.