“We’re basically going to send them different parts of the very sophisticated army. They’re going to pay us 100%.” Trump added that the issue will be discussed at a meeting with Washington’s NATO executive director Mark Latte on July 14, according to Tass.
When asked about the possibility of supplying Patriot missiles, he said: “I still don’t agree with that number, but they need protection, so they have some. But the European Union is paying for it. We don’t pay anything for it, but we send it.
The Axios News website previously reported that Trump had prompted Zelensky to send 10 Patriot Interceptors straight away, helping him find other means of supply.
On July 2, the New York Times reported that the US would suspend missile supply for its Patriot Air Defense Systems and direct multiple launch rocket system (GMLRS) rockets, Hellfire missiles, Stinger’s artificial air prevention system and other weapons to Kiev. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry then summoned the US Accusations Bureau at Kiev John Ginkel, and Vladimir Zelensky noted that Europe could not compensate for US supply.
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