Patriot Missile Production
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Says Trump Approved Domestic Patriot Missile Production Licenses
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Donald Trump made a final decision to grant Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot missiles after the leaders met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The White House has not confirmed the account; a State Department spokesperson said discussions were ongoing and no final decision had been made, and Trump previously voiced reservations about sharing the technology. The licenses would allow Ukraine to develop a domestic source of interceptors as it faces shortages and intensifying Russian attacks. Zelenskyy says Ukraine has discussed production with Patriot manufacturer RTX and estimates production could take 12 to 18 months after approvals, though license details and the transfer timeline remain unclear.
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Trump had previously floated allowing Ukrainian Patriot production at the NATO summit in Ankara, but later said the United States had not agreed and warned that sharing the technology could be risky: “People that you give that technology, they can some day turn on you.”
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Zelenskyy said the leaders discussed possible “de-escalatory steps that can open up the way to diplomacy” at their New York meeting.
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Zelenskyy said Ukraine is also developing its own anti-ballistic missile system, while arguing that it still needs domestic production capabilities.
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A Russian strike killed seven civilians in Kyiv, including an Israeli teenager, and knocked Ukraine’s largest steelmaker out of operation, according to the report.
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