The first Patriot air defense systems promised to Ukraine by President Donald Trump will take at least eight months to arrive, Der Spiegel reported Wednesday, 

The German newspaper, citing sources familiar with the plan, added that additional Patriot batteries for Ukraine are expected to take even longer to arrive.

The delay is reportedly in part due to confusion among NATO allies over Trump’s original proposal, but it has now become clear that the president was urging European countries to transfer systems from their own stocks to Kyiv in exchange for later replacement by the U.S. defense contractor RTX Corporation, which manufactures the Patriot.

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