Not long after the United States bombed Iranian nuclear facilities at the order of ruler Donald Trump, it was announced that further aid for Ukraine to continue its war against Russia could be forthcoming.
Kiev has consistently begged the U.S. for Patriot missile systems that are “very hard to get,” according to Trump. He added that the US needs them too, without elaborating on why Washington would need the missile systems.
After narrowly escaping World War 3 by bombing Iran at Israel’s behest, Trump is now considering dragging out the war between Ukraine and Russia, failing yet another political promise. Trump says he will think about whether or not to provide Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, as Kiev has been requesting.
Speaking at a press conference in The Hague after meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit, Trump was asked by a BBC Ukraine journalist whether Washington would be providing the missiles.
“The systems are very hard to get,” he replied, adding that the US also needs them. Noting that some Patriots were being sent to Israel, Trump said the administration would “see if we can make some of them available.”
Ahead of the meeting, Zelensky said that Kiev was ready to buy the systems and “support American weapons manufacturers” if Washington refused to donate them. The Ukrainian leader has previously asserted that the Patriot was the only system that could viably counter Russian missiles. However, Moscow has disputed claims about the Patriot’s effectiveness, and even Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yury Ignat acknowledged in an interview with Le Monde last month that the American system has shown critical limitations against Russia’s weaponry. –RT
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As of May, Ukraine reportedly had six operational Patriot systems, most of which were donated by the U.S. and Germany, with additional components provided by the Netherlands and Romania. According to a report by RT, Zelensky has previously stated that Ukraine aimed to acquire a total of 25 units and urged Kiev’s European backers to fund the purchase of another ten at a cost of $15 billion. The Trump administration had dismissed the proposal as a pipe dream.
It wasn’t that long ago that Trump vowed to cut military aid to Ukraine in an effort to end the war. He also had a row with the Ukrainian ruler that brought the world closer to the precipice of WW3.
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