00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says it must move quickly to start producing Patriot interceptor missiles at home
00:07after Washington agreed to grant the licenses needed to make them.
00:11He urged government ministries and technical teams to begin work immediately, saying Ukraine cannot afford any delays.
00:20The push comes as supplies of Patriot missiles are under growing strain.
00:24Ukraine has continued to receive the interceptors from its allies, but global stocks are running low,
00:31while the missiles are being used faster than they can be produced in the U.S.
00:35The push follows U.S. President Donald Trump's agreement to allow Ukraine to produce the missiles under license.
00:41He said the political decision has been made, and the focus now is on putting it into practice.
00:47The U.S.-made Patriot system is one of the few Western air defense weapons
00:51capable of intercepting the ballistic missiles Russia has increasingly used in its attacks on Ukrainian cities.
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