{
  "id": 9745083,
  "title": "Trump made final decision on Patriot missiles production license, Zelensky says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/trump-made-final-decision-on-patriot-missiles-production-license",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T09:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ukrinform - Politics",
    "slug": "ukrinform-politics",
    "url": "https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4167897-trump-made-final-decision-on-patriot-missiles-production-license-zelensky-says.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nUkraine 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.\n\nZelensky 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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Zelensky says Trump 'made final decision' to give Ukraine license for Patriot missiles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/zelensky-says-trump-made-final-decision-to-give-ukraine-license-for",
        "published": "2026-09-25T09:30:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "Trump Approved Patriot License Transfer to Ukraine, Zelensky Says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/trump-approved-patriot-license-transfer-to-ukraine-zelensky-says",
        "published": "2026-09-25T09:50:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}