In December 2022, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. agreed to give Ukraine a Patriot missile battery, an advanced ground-based air-defense system. Two more followed, along with an unknown number of interceptor missiles that have provided the only effective means of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles.

As President Donald Trump hardens his position toward Moscow and seeks new ways to bring the conflict to an end, he is leaving open the prospect of allowing shipments of longer-range missiles to the country that would allow it to strike deeper into Russia,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine.

EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday said the United States should “share the burden” of arming Ukraine, after President Donald Trump said Europe could buy American weaponry for Kyiv. “We welcome President Trump’s announcement to send more weapons to Ukraine,

Trump said the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached in 50 days.

President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.

In announcing a new weapons package for Ukraine and a ceasefire deadline for Putin, President Trump reversed his previous stance towards Russia’s invasion. But will the weapons have the intended effect for Ukraine,

Ukraine is waiting for explanations on the supply of US military equipment worth "billions of dollars", promised the day before by President Donald Trump, due to uncertainty about how many Patriot air defense systems will be sent to Kiev.

Russia launched four missiles and 136 drones into Ukraine overnight into Monday morning, according to Ukraine's air force.

The following is the July 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, PATRIOT Air and Missile Defense System for Ukraine. From the report The PATRIOT air and missile defense (AMD) system is an integral component of U.

Trump's threat against Russia runs parallel to a Senate-led effort to pass crippling sanctions on countries that buy Russian energy.