# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has praised the authorisation of the potential sale of 500 Patriot missiles by the US State Department, but warns that it could take several years for the deliveries to arrive. Kyiv will pay for the missiles with donations from Canada, Germany, Norway and the European Union. Zelensky stressed that the interceptors must be delivered soon to protect against ongoing Russian attacks. He added that the US and European allies had sufficient stockpiles of Patriot interceptors to provide to Ukraine now.
Zelensky warns delivery of 500 Patriot missiles could take years