German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on November 6 that Germany can no longer supply Patriot missile systems nor guided missiles to Ukraine, in an interview with the Berliner Morgenpost. He added that anything which was supplied by Germany now would not be replaced ‘for the foreseeable future,’ [reported](https://www.kyivpost.com/post/89461

) Kyiv Post.

This has nothing to do with a disagreement by Germany with the deployment of Patriot missiles in Ukraine—something against which Russia has warned since 2022 and as recently as September 2026——but because sending additional weapons would deplete its own stocks, leaving gaps in its own defenses.

Ukraine has faced not only a shortage of Patriot air defense systems but also a critical lack of PAC-3 interceptors used to counter ballistic missiles. The shortfall has become more acute as Russia has intensified long-range missile and drone strikes against military-related targets across Ukraine. Moscow says the attacks are retaliation for Kyiv’s UAV strikes on Russian energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure.