{"id":23815,"date":"2026-10-18T07:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/greece-will-not-transfer-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-if-it-weakens-its-own-defense-mitsotakis-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:47:19","slug":"greece-will-not-transfer-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-if-it-weakens-its-own-defense-mitsotakis-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/greece-will-not-transfer-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-if-it-weakens-its-own-defense-mitsotakis-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece Will Not Transfer Patriot Missiles to Ukraine if It Weakens Its Own Defense \u2014 Mitsotakis \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"G\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece will continue supporting Ukraine but will not make decisions that undermine its own defense capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in Brussels, Mitsotakis responded to questions about a possible transfer of Patriot interceptor missiles from Greek stockpiles. \u201cWe have supported Ukraine by providing significant air defense capabilities from our stockpiles,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the same time, I want to be completely frank: we will do everything possible to support Ukraine without undermining Greece\u2019s defense capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted Greece is in a sensitive security region with other obligations, but emphasized that Athens stands with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Kathimerini, Ukraine had requested up to 200 PAC-2 missiles, some of which are nearing the end of their service life after more than two decades with the Greek Air Force. Reports indicate both Spain and Greece have declined to transfer expiring Patriot interceptors.<\/p>\n<p><!--[googlesitekit-end-of-content]--><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tair defense, Greece, Greek Defense, Greek news, Kathimerini, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, military aid, PAC-2, patriot missiles, Ukraine, Zelenskyy\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/10\/18\/greece-mitsotakis-no-patriot-missiles-ukraine-defense\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece will continue supporting Ukraine but will not make decisions that undermine its own defense capabilities. Speaking in Brussels, Mitsotakis responded to questions about a possible transfer of Patriot interceptor missiles from Greek stockpiles. \u201cWe have supported Ukraine by providing significant air defense capabilities from our stockpiles,\u201d he said. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Greece Will Not Transfer Patriot Missiles to Ukraine if It Weakens Its Own Defense \u2014 Mitsotakis \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/greece-will-not-transfer-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-if-it-weakens-its-own-defense-mitsotakis-greek-city-times\/#more-23815\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greece Will Not Transfer Patriot Missiles to Ukraine if It Weakens Its Own Defense \u2014 Mitsotakis \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ad2fe40b3002-Znimok_ekrana_2026-10-17_074742_913.jpg.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}