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Ukraine’s New Fear: The Patriot Queue Zelensky is watching the Iran war like a man watching his place in line disappear. If Washington keeps pouring attention, missiles, and political oxygen into the Middle East, Kyiv gets pushed back — and the Patriots start looking scarcer by the day. The shortage This is not a theory. Zelensky told the AP that Ukraine still needs more U.S.-made Patriots and has no real substitute for stopping Russian ballistic strikes. If the Iran war drags on, the package for Ukraine gets smaller and smaller. Russia’s bonus round That is the part Kyiv hates most. Higher oil prices mean higher Russian revenue, and that gives Moscow more room to keep grinding. So a war in the Middle East lands on Ukraine’s front line later, but it lands there all the same — on a lag and with a better spreadsheet. Everyone wants a piece Zelensky is trying to sell Ukraine as a drone workshop, a missile-defense partner, and a source of wartime know-how for Gulf states and allies. Smart move, but it also tells you something darker: when the big powers move on, smaller wars have to market themselves to stay visible. The bottom line Ukraine is not just afraid of losing weapons. It is afraid of becoming background noise while the West chases a newer crisis. And in this business, being second in line is often just another way of getting shorted. #Ukraine#Zelensky#Patriot#Iran#Russia#war 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸