US to Replenish Slovakia With Patriot Air-Defense System After It Donates S-300 to Ukraine

U.S. long range air defense systems Patriot (R) and British radar Giraffe AMB are displayed during Toburq Legacy 2017 air defence exercise in the military airfield near Siauliai, Lithuania, on July 20, 2017. Ints Kalnins/Reuters

The United States will provide Slovakia with one Patriot air defense system after it transferred its S-300 air defense system to Ukraine.

“I want to thank the Slovakian government for providing an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine,” President Joe Biden said on Friday in a statement. “To enable this transfer and ensure the continued security of Slovakia, the United States will reposition a U.S. Patriot missile system to Slovakia.”