Ukraine-air-defense

Russian airstrikes killed 17 people and wounded more than 40 others across Kyiv, Ukraine and its surrounding region on Thursday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that the failure of Ukraine’s allies to supply fresh air defense missiles directly costs human lives. According to the Ukrainian air force, Moscow launched a massive overnight assault involving 168 drones along with dozens of cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles. Although the air force reported downing nearly 90 p...

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington will grant Ukraine a license for Patriot missiles, saying both Russia and Ukraine want to bring the war to an end. “We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That’s pretty cool. This way, you can’t complain that we’re not giving enough,” Trump said during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara. “It’s a defensive weapon, which I like better than an offensive...