Trump pledges Patriot missiles for Ukraine to defend against Russia
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States was sending Ukraine seriously needed Air Defense Missiles Patriot to help him repel the air attacks for the intensification of Russia.
Trump did not give a certain number of patriots that he plans to send to kyiv, but said that the European Union “was going to pay us 100% for that, and that is how we want it”.
Trump’s special envoy in Ukraine and Russia retired Kellogg retired, arrived in kyiv on Monday, said a senior Ukrainian official, while anticipation grew up on possible changes in the Trump administration policies on more than three years.
Trump last week teased that he would make a “major declaration” on Russia on Monday. Trump quickly stopped war one of his diplomatic priorities, and he expressed his frustration more and more about the position to be led by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin “speaks well and then he bomb everyone,” said Trump late Sunday after saying that the United States would send missiles in Ukraine and that the European Union would pay the cost of weapons.
Putin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said when he was asked Trump’s plan to send missiles to Ukraine via Europe “, the fact remains that the supplies of arms, ammunition and military equipment in the United States to Ukraine continued and continues.”
There are “very positive signs” of Washington on the sale of Patriot Air Defense systems for Ukraine, a spokesman for the German Defense Ministry said on Monday.
“Discussions now take place on the implementation methods, that is to say how many systems there will be, which will take them back and how they will be funded,” said the spokesperson, referring to a visit to the Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius in Washington.
An ally of Trump, the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, said on Sunday that the conflict was approaching a inflection point while Trump shows an increasing interest in helping Ukraine to retaliate against the large -scale invasion of Russia. This is a cause that Trump had previously rejected as a waste of American taxpayers.
In addition, NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, was to be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday. He planned to speak with Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as well as members of the Congress.
Top players during Kellogg’s visit to kyiv will cover “defense, security strengthening, weapons, sanctions, protection of our people and improving cooperation between Ukraine and the United States,” said the head of the presidential office of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak.
“Russia does not want to stop. Peace by force is the principle of President Donald Trump, and we support this approach,” said Yermak.
