
Germany has criticised its Nato allies Spain and Greece for not donating their Patriot air-defence systems to Ukraine.
Kyiv has said it needs at least seven of the American-made surface-to-air missile batteries to protect its cities from Russia’s long-range bombardments.
Despite pressure from Berlin, Brussels and Washington, European nations with the system have failed to fulfil the Ukrainian request.


Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defence minister, said: “Many countries have Patriot systems or comparable.”
“Let’s say if a country has, for instance, six Patriot systems or four and is not in the…