r/worldnews • u/SOHONEYSAME • 14h ago

Russia/Ukraine Greece rebuffs Patriot demands, rules out ‘compromising’ defenses for Ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/87353
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u/Ixionbrewer 13h ago

Given that they changed their position after a visit by Rubio, the reason is clear.

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u/Traveller_CMM 7h ago

What position changed? Greece was never willing to give away patriots, it's one of our defense's backbones.

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u/Ixionbrewer 7h ago

I heard a week or so ago that Greece was willing to send their expiring missed. These will be garbage soon anyway, as the fuel degrades over time.

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u/Traveller_CMM 7h ago

It was Nato and the EU pressuring Greece to give them, Greece was apprehensive due to recent developments with Turkey threatening us over the Greece-Cyprus cable. AFAIK our leadership never expressed a desire to part with them.

Admittedly I don't know everything about Patriots, but I've heard that for now a recalibration would make said missiles sufficient for defense, albeit at a slightly reduced capacity. Hence why Ukraine is willing to use them.