190 or 580 Patriot missiles? What Ukraine’s EU-loan request could buy—and why Washington still decides
The EU is weighing Ukraine's loan request to buy Patriot missiles, von der Leyen confirmed—member states take it up on 7 September.
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Fired Ukrainian minister offers to help build America’s drone army— for Patriot missiles in return
Mykhailo Fedorov is courting US investors for a fund that would build defense tech companies itself, not just back them.
Reuters: The Patriot deal Trump denied is quietly still alive
Washington kept working to let Ukraine build the interceptors even after the US President's doubts, four sources told Reuters.
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.
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.
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.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s ongoing Crimea operation is “carefully calculated”
The President linked it to a single condition: getting from G7 partners what Kyiv quietly asked for.
Freezing the war along today’s lines is “the quickest way” to peace, Ukraine’s leader told Sky News
Zelenskyy insisted it is no concession, but a way to save children and bring soldiers home, paired with monitoring missions and allied guarantees.
Ukraine has built world’s most battle-tested defense industry. Berlin plugs in with “Brave Germany”
Germany and Ukraine just signed a joint defense technology program, and Berlin is already funding a third of everything Ukraine has.
96% of Russia’s record March casualties were caused by drones — so the UK is sending its biggest package of the year
120,000+ drones, hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, and thousands of air defense missiles: UK Defense Secretary John Healey announced the package at a 43-nation Ukraine arms coordination meeting in Berlin.
Ukraine sent drone experts to protect US bases in Jordan overnight. Last month, Kyiv destroyed 87% of Iranian-designed drones on its soil
A Patriot missile costs $3 million. A Shahed costs $50,000. Ukraine intercepted 57,000 Shaheds because it couldn't afford the math the Middle East uses.
Trilateral talks with Ukraine’s ex-intelligence chief resumed in Abu Dhabi, as Kyiv warns Russia just uses them for missile stockpiling
One year of negotiations has produced no results except increased civilian deaths.
Zelenskyy reveals €80mn price tag for single day of air defense as Russia intensifies missile barrages
Interceptors arrived days before latest attack
Spain and Finland enter PURL, NATO’s joint program to buy US weapons for Ukraine
The initiative enables European countries to finance shipments of US defense systems based on Ukraine’s prioritized requests.
Zelenskyy: Russia fears US Tomahawks — that fear can work for peace
Zelenskyy hails potential US Tomahawk deliveries as a “signal of strength,” saying Russia’s air terror and nuclear plant blockades prove it must be forced, not persuaded, toward peace.
Spain Ukraine military aid: Patriot missiles, Leopard tanks—plus surprise Chornobyl solar plant
Missiles and tanks are only part of Spain’s military aid to Ukraine: the past year also brought troop training, demining, sanctions and a solar plant in Chornobyl.
Ukraine to get Patriot missiles “very shortly,” Merz says
The Chancellor confirms Germany's air-defense transfer will happen within weeks as NATO works out logistics.