Trump backtracks from promise to let Ukraine build Patriot missiles

US president tells reporters during Camp David cabinet meeting technology ‘a hard thing to give away’ Donald Trump has backed off a promise to let Ukraine manufacture its own Patriot air defense interceptors, telling reporters that handing over the underlying technology was “a hard thing to give away” during a cabinet meeting at Camp David. The retreat, billed by the White House as “something different” for the cabinet to experience together, was the first such meeting at the presidential com...

By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Trump explains his doubts over allowing Ukraine to produce missiles for Patriot air defence systems

US President Donald Trump, commenting on the possibility of allowing Ukraine to produce interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems, said that the United States "[has] to be very careful" on the matter.

By Olha Kovalchuk,VALENTYNA ROMANENKO

Trump says U.S. has 'not agreed to' grant Ukraine Patriot missile licenses

President Donald Trump said the U.S. hasn't agreed to grant Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot missile systems.

Trump says US hasn’t agreed to Ukraine building Patriot missiles

President Donald Trump said on ⁠Friday that the United States has not agreed to Ukraine building Patriot missiles but that talks are ongoing, adding that the US must be “very careful about letting somebody build them”. Trump said during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey this ‌month that he was going to give Ukraine a licence to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors to help defend against Russian strikes, but has since backed away from that pledge despite hosti...

By Reuters

'Not agreed to that': Trump shifts stance on Ukraine building Patriot missiles

By PRISHA PATNAIK

Trump urges caution on Ukraine request to produce Patriot missiles

President Donald Trump said Friday Washington should proceed cautiously on Kyiv's request for a license to manufacture Patriot air defense missiles domestically, as Ukraine co...