WARSAW, June 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. Patriot air-defence

system in Poland will be replaced by another battery from

elsewhere in the world, a Polish deputy defence minister said on

Thursday, after a media report that it would be sent to Ukraine.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that President Joe

Biden had approved the transfer of a Patriot missile battery to

Ukraine from Poland.

"The American battery will be replaced by a battery from

another part of the world," Polish Deputy Defense Minister

Cezary Tomczyk wrote in a post on social media platform X.

"Poland did not agree to transfer the Polish battery. Polish

patriots defend the Polish sky and this will not change."

Kyiv has urged its Western allies to supply it with Patriot

air-defence systems due to intense Russian air strikes.