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Trump says US will give Patriot missile license to Ukraine

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 8) that the United States will give a license to Ukraine for Patriot missiles as he said both Russia and Ukraine want to see the war settled.&quot;We&#x27;re going to give a license to you to make Patriots,&quot; Trump said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the NATO summit in Ankara.Zelenskiy has repeatedly pleaded for the U.S.-made interceptors — the only weapon in Ukraine&#x27;s arsenal that can shoot down ballistic projectiles, whose high velocity and steep flight path make them difficult to stop.He was expected to raise the issue with Trump during their meeting.Trump said both sides in the war would like to see it end, but Russia&#x27;s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have both been &quot;difficult.&quot;&quot;We&#x27;ve settled a lot of wars, and this one is the one that I thought maybe would be the easiest, but Putin is a difficult character, and this guy&#x27;s a difficult character,&quot; Trump said, referring to Zelenskiy, who was sitting next to him.Zelenskiy said he wanted to discuss &quot;some very important details&quot; with Trump.&quot;I&#x27;m sure you will do everything to stop this war,&quot; he told Trump.Moscow has stepped up its air war on Ukraine in recent months as its ground advances have largely stalled and Ukrainian attacks on its military logistics and oil industry triggered widespread fuel shortages.Russia fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv again overnight, officials said on Wednesday, a third attack on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week exploiting Ukraine&#x27;s critical shortage of U.S.-made air-defense interceptors.(Editing, Production: Andrii Pryimachenko)

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 8) that the United States will give a license to Ukraine for Patriot missiles as he said both Russia and Ukraine want to see the war settled.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 8) that the United States will give a license to Ukraine for Patriot missiles as he said both Russia and Ukraine want to see the war settled.

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Trump says US will give Patriot missile license to Ukraine

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Published July 09, 2026 08:48 AM PHT

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