Trump Approved Patriot License Transfer to Ukraine, Zelensky Says
The Ukrainian president described a new commitment from Trump, but gave no date for the licenses to be issued or for production to begin. The US president initially announced the license transfer in July but later backtracked on the promises, saying Washington must exercise caution when sharing sensitive military technology. The missiles remain one of the few in Kyiv’s arsenal capable of downing…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that US President Donald Trump has made a final decision to allow Ukraine to produce advanced Patriot air defence missiles. According to Zelensky, Trump confirmed this during a meeting, saying he had made a final decision and Ukraine would receive licences for the production of Patriot missiles.
Ukraine has been seeking licences to produce Patriot interceptors domestically, citing their importance in defending against Russian ballistic missile attacks. The country is currently facing a shortage of these missiles, which are crucial in countering Russia's ballistic projectiles.
Zelensky previously mentioned that Ukraine needs a certain percentage of US Patriot interceptor missiles to get through the winter and to destroy all of Russia's ballistic projectiles, but did not specify exact figures. Establishing industrial capacity for domestic production would take over a year, according to Free Malaysia Today.
Brief written by urgent.news from Ukrinform - Politics, Free Malaysia Today, Euronews, NPR — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
