Ukraine’s Six-Part Strategy to Survive the Global Run on Patriot Missiles Kyiv is trying to mitigate the shortage of missile interceptors that has left its cities exposed to Russia’s ballistic missiles 136 Gift unlocked article Listen (9 min) Ukraine is working to use its scarce Patriots interceptor missiles as efficiently as possible. VALENTYN OGIRENKO/ REUTERS By Alistair MacDonald , Anastasiia Malenko and Marcus Walker July 8, 2026 10:00 pm ET KYIV, Ukraine —Ukraine is running out of U.S.-made Patriot interceptor missiles, leaving its cities nearly defenseless against Russia ’s escalating barrages of ballistic missiles. What can Ukraine do about it? It is pressing Western nations to donate more Patriot missiles faster from their stockpiles, but everyone is running low. The U.S.-Iran war has worsened the global shortage of interceptors. Production of new ones is painfully slow . Moscow is exploiting the weakness in Kyiv’s air defenses as t...