Zelensky announced a meeting with the US Congressional delegation
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Vladimir Zelensky reported a meeting in Kyiv with the US Congressional delegation, including Senators Roger Wicker, Kevin Cramer, Mark Vissi and Dan Crenshaw, at which licensing of the production of missiles for the Patriot air defense system was discussed due to the air defense shortage in Ukraine.
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Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of air defense missiles, which limits the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to shoot down ballistic missiles, as Zelensky previously noted and confirmed by the head of the Verkhovna Rada committee Yegor Chernev.
Vladimir Zelensky announced a meeting in Kyiv with a delegation of the US Congress, which included senators Roger Wicker, Kevin Cramer, Mark Vissi and Dan Crenshaw.
At the meeting, licensing for the production of missiles for the Patriot air defense system was discussed, since Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of air defense missiles.
MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. Vladimir Zelensky said that on Friday he met in Kyiv with a delegation of the US Congress.
According to him, it included senators Roger Wicker, Kevin Cramer, Mark Vissi and Dan Crenshaw. In his Telegram channel, Zelensky clarified that the meeting discussed licensing the production of missiles for the Patriot air defense system.
Zelensky recently admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot shoot down ballistic missiles due to a shortage of air defense missiles. And the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Yegor Chernev, in turn, stated that the situation with air defense systems in Ukraine has become the worst during the entire conflict.
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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Ukraine will receive a license to produce missiles for the Patriot air defense system in the coming months
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- When is a decision expected on licensing the production of Patriot missiles in Ukraine?
- What types of missiles are planned to be produced under license?
- What conditions does the United States impose for granting a production license?
