Ukraine to receive US Patriot air defence systems, says Trump
US President Donald Trump said he would send weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot Air defense systems via NATO.
In a new agreement to NBC News, Trump said, “We will send Patriots to NATO, and then NATO will distribute it” and added that NATO will pay for weapons.
The announcement came after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned that Trump had a “positive dialogue” in time, especially air defense systems, especially air defense systems.
Zelensky said he wanted 10 patriotic systems after an increase in missile attacks on Russian drone and Ukrainian cities last week.
Speaking in Rome on Thursday, Ukrainian leader said that Germany was ready to pay one for two patriots and Norway, and that other European partners are ready to help.
Last week, after Russia’s call with Vladimir Putin, Trump said that there was no progress to end the war, and since then Putin’s “very beautiful” attitude was meaningless.
During his interview with NBC News, Trump said he would make a “big explanation” in Russia on Monday, but he didn’t say what it would be about.
“NATO will pay back the full cost,” he said for the weapons sent to Ukraine. NATO Funded with the contributions of its membersIncluding the US.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told journalists on Friday, including Germany and Spain, to deliver some of the current Patriot batteries for reaching Ukraine faster.
“NATO continued to encourage our allies to provide these weapons … We can enter financial agreements because they are in stocks … They can buy backups.”
The US Department of Defense stopped some critical weapons shipments last week and expressed concerns that air defenses may fall within a few months.
The weapons reported to have been placed in the pause were Patriot Interceptor missiles and sensitive artillery shells.
Then, when Ukraine was beaten with a record number of drone attacks this week, Trump said that more weapons would be sent: “We have to do it … Now they’re getting harder.”
Zelensky objected to the continuation of posts by describing Patriot systems as “real protectors”.
On Tuesday night, the Ukraine was shot by 728 Dron and warned the Ukrainian President Russia wants to increase it to 1,000.
According to the UN, June has seen the highest monthly civilian losses in Ukraine in three years in three years.
Since he entered the White House in January, Trump has forced the US support to scal the support of Ukraine.
The US was the largest source of military aid to Ukraine between the beginning of 2022 and the end of 2024 and gave $ 69 billion (£ 54.6 billion) at that time. Kiel Institute according to the German Thinking Authority.
Trump also pressured NATO allies to commit more of GDPs to the security alliance. Last year, all European NATO members promised to spend 2% of GDP.
In February 2022, Russia launched a full -scale Ukrainian invasion. The US invites the two countries to reach an agreement to end the war.
Rubio told journalists, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’un Thursday, a meeting in Malaysia on Thursday, a “open” speech, he said.
Rubio reiterated Trump’s “disappointment” in the lack of progress in peace talks “, including there was no more flexibility to end this conflict on the Russian side.
He said that the two shared some new ideas about how the conflict could be concluded and returned to Trump.
Rubio announced that Trump said on Monday that he would be a “big” announcement about Russia.
