President Zelensky asked President Trump for 300 Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine's depleted air defenses. Without additional interceptors, Ukraine faces severe vulnerability to Russian air strikes with stocks nearly exhausted.
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Zelensky told Axios he asked Trump for an emergency "winter package" of Patriot missile interceptors, warning Ukraine's air defenses are nearly depleted. Without more interceptors, Zelensky said Russia could devastate Ukraine's energy grid this winter, leaving millions without heat. "We need the Patriots yesterday," he said, adding Ukraine needs about 300 interceptors by winter.
❗️President Zelensky asked President Trump for an emergency winter package of 300 Patriot interceptor missiles, Axios reports. Zelensky said Ukraine’s stocks are nearly exhausted and warned Russian strikes could leave millions without heat this winter. # Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he’d asked President Trump for a “winter package” that consists of 300 Patriot interceptors to fend off the Kremlin amid its war with Kyiv. The request follows Trump’s approval for Ukraine to manufacture its own interceptors earlier this month, however, Zelensky said the process would take too long. ...
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