Donald trump Plan to give Petroit Missiles to Ukraine

Irfan Bhatti

US President Donald Trump discussed providing Patriot missiles to Ukraine, pledging to immediately transfer 10 interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system. This commitment was made during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, where Trump reaffirmed his support for Ukraine's defense.  *Key Details:*  - *Original Plan*: The US had initially planned to deliver 30 Patriot missiles, but the shipment was paused due to concerns over depleting US stockpiles. - *German Involvement*: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz requested that the delivery be unblocked, offering to purchase Patriot batteries from the US and send them to Ukraine. Trump suggested Germany provide its own Patriot battery, with the US and European allies sharing costs. - *Additional Aid*: Trump confirmed more military aid would be sent to Ukraine, with the Pentagon announcing additional defensive weapons would be provided without specifying details.¹

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00:00Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine

00:03and that they are desperately needed to defend the country

00:06because Russian President Vladimir Putin talks nice,

00:09but then he bombs everybody in the evening.

00:12The U.S. President did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Kiev,

00:16but said the European Union would reimburse the U.S. for their cost.

00:20They are going to pay us 100% for that, and that's the way we want it,

00:24Trump told reporters on Sunday.

00:26The moves come amid a souring of Trump's relations with Putin

00:30and just two weeks after Washington said it would pause some arms deliveries to Kiev.

00:35U.S. Senators touted a bipartisan bill that would harm Trump with sledgehammer sanctions to use against Russia

00:41ahead of the latest visit to Ukraine by U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg.

00:45Trump said he would make a major statement on Russia on Monday.

00:50Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a top ally of Trump,

00:53said on Sunday he had a majority backing in the Senate for his bill,

00:58which was gaining momentum.

00:59As U.S.-led peace efforts in Ukraine struggled,

01:02the bill would allow Trump to go after Putin's economy

01:05and all those countries who prop up the Putin war machine,

01:09he told broadcast to CBS.

01:11Trump has indicated he would be open to the sanctions bill

01:13after repeatedly saying he is disappointed

01:15with Putin over Moscow's deadly missile barges against Ukraine.

01:19Ukraine's SBU Security Service has announced a track down

01:23and killed Russian agents they said had assassinated one of their members.

01:28A two-strong team, a man and a woman,

01:31had killed Karl Ivanbornik in Kiev on Thursday, it said.

01:35A special operation was conducted this morning,

01:38during which members of the Russian FSB agent police put up resistance,

01:41and they were eliminated.

01:43The SBU statement on Sunday said.

01:45It did not specify how many people had been killed,

01:48but the SBU posted a video in which two bodies were visible.

01:52The team that killed Voronik had spent time getting to know his daily schedule and rouse,

01:57the SBU said.

01:59In Beijing on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

02:02met with his Chinese counterpart to talk about Ukraine

02:06and relations with the United States.

02:09Lavrov arrived in China after a visit to North Korea,

02:12where he received assurances of support in its comfort with Ukraine.

02:16Lavrov and Wang Yi's talks included

02:18the output for settling the Ukrainian crisis,

02:21Russia's foreign ministry said.

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