Washington said Ukraine’s Patriot shortage was solved. Lockheed and RTX hadn’t been told.
Ukraine's NATO ambassador cheered the summit. The analysts watching it didn’t.
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Nine jets for drone tech: the Polish-Ukrainian barter that collapsed in June is alive again, Polish minister says
Warsaw froze the transfer weeks ago, accusing Kyiv of walking away from the drone-technology side of the deal.
NATO jets over the Baltics get authority to shoot down “objects that pose a threat”
Lithuania's president announced the change, saying the security environment around the three states is no longer peaceful.
Czech government that campaigned against arming Kyiv will now buy it American weapons for Ukraine
Czech FM said Prague will redirect budget money into the NATO program that buys US-made arms for Kyiv.
Smaller NATO economies already spend 0.25% of GDP on Ukraine. UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Canada block plan to require it
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had hoped to bring a binding commitment to the Ankara summit: each Alliance member to allocate 0.25% of GDP to military aid for Ukraine.