Trump says US will give Ukraine licence to make Patriot missiles
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ANKARA, July 8 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Washington would give Ukraine a licence to make Patriot missiles, as he spoke alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the NATO summit.
“We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriots,” Trump told Zelenskiy.
“This way, you can’t complain that we’re not giving ’em enough,” he added.
Zelenskiy has repeatedly asked Washington for U.S.-made Patriot interceptors, which are the only weapons in Ukraine’s arsenal capable of shooting down ballistic projectiles.
The issue was expected to be raised during his meeting with Trump.
Trump said both sides in the war wanted it to end, but added that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskiy had both been “difficult.”
Russia has stepped up its air war on Ukraine in recent months, while its ground advances have largely stalled and Ukrainian attacks on Russian military logistics and the oil industry have triggered fuel shortages.
