Why this score Former Ukrainian special-operations commander reported (Guardian) as Defense Minister in the July 2026 reshuffle; senior wartime official, single-source at time of registration.
The majority of these [1,000] missiles will only start to be shipped in the coming years, which is why we ask that you supply us the missiles from your stockpiles today.
Said at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Kyiv on September 8. Contracted, not delivered — a distinction the minister draws himself. Ukraine separately says it needs 300 interceptors to get through the winter, which is a requirement, not a contract, and should not be read against the 1,000.
Ukraine's Defence Minister Yevheniy Khmara said there are already four potential interceptors that can shoot down Russia's jet-powered 'Shahed' drones, that field tests have been conducted, and that the task now is to bring them to the required level and scale production to thousands of units.
Held up. By October three Ukrainian types had downed jet drones — an SBU interceptor on released footage, and the Sting S and P1-SUN Jetkiller per the Kyiv Independent — with four models in combat evaluation. None is in mass production, which the claim did not assert.