Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls for Patriot missiles to ‘save lives right now’
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, announcing additional Patriot missiles. Photograph: Kevin Wolf/APwith additional Patriot missiles for its air defence systems as part of a $6 billion additional aid package, US defence secretary Lloyd Austin announced.
A number of nations have expressed some reluctance to send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine because most do not have very many and they believe they need them for their own defence. The Ukraine Defence Contact Group has been meeting about monthly for the past two years and is the primary forum for weapons contributions to Kyiv for the war.
That aid, however, will get to Ukraine quickly because it is being pulled off Pentagon shelves, including in warehouses in Europe.
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