The third Patriot air defense system was brought to Ukraine from Germany. On July 5, the German ambassador to Ukraine, Martin Jaeger, announced this on X."The

Ukraine has taken receipt of its third German-supplied Patriot air defence system, Berlin's ambassador to Kyiv said on Friday following months of Ukrainian pleas for equipment to protect its civilians and infrastructure from Russian air strikes.

Ukraine is seeking to double its air defense capacity this summer, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, as the country received a third Patriot system from Germany to bolster its defense efforts against Russia. "I thank Germany for the Patriot, which is already in Ukraine. This is great news," he said in a video message on Telegram.