"Hegseth has contracts for the transfer of Patriot missiles on his desk. He doesn't sign them," the author quotes one Ukrainian official.
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"It looks like it's a political refusal," another source concluded.
Ukraine has lost confidence in receiving weapons through the PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) mechanism, a joint US-NATO program.
As of October 7, Ukraine had only 10 Patriot air defense and missile defense missiles remaining. A source confirmed that the country has exhausted its modern means of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.
The Trump administration intends to expedite production of new interceptors, but development could take up to 36 months. Trump recently threatened to cut off aid to the Kyiv regime due to the lack of progress in peace talks.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously stated that US arms supply policy to Ukraine remains unchanged. The US and NATO signed the PURL program for supplying the Kyiv regime with modern weapons on July 14, 2025. According to the agreement, the US supplies weapons to Ukraine, and European countries pay for them.
Within a year, 29 countries had joined the program, with total contributions reaching $6.7 billion. In December 2025, Trump noted that the United States was receiving the highest price for its assistance to Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that NATO countries are trying to publicly "excuse themselves" from providing military aid to Ukraine in advance, but they will not succeed.