Ukraine has for months been calling for such a move
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Washington will allow Ukraine to build their own Patriot missiles for its air defence.
Over the last year, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been asking his allies for more of these missiles as they are crucial to defend against Russia’s air attacks.
“A little birdie told me this, about the fact that we’ll give them the right to make Patriots,” Trump said during a joint press event with Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Ankara. “We are going to give a license to you to make Patriots.”
“This way, you can’t complain that we’re not giving them enough,” Trump added.
