
BERLIN, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States has informed Switzerland about delays to the delivery of Patriot air defence systems, the Swiss defence ministry said in a statement released on Thursday.
"The United States Department of Defense has informed the (Swiss ministry) that it will reprioritise the delivery of Patriot systems to support Ukraine, focusing on ground-based air defense," it said in a statement.
"This also affects Switzerland, which will receive its production batches later than planned," the statement added.