June 12, 2024
US to send another Patriot missile system to Ukraine — reports
The US will provide Ukraine with another Patriot missile system, the New York Times and the Associated Press reported citing officials familiar with the matter.
President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of the Patriot system, the officials said, but an official announcement is yet to be made.
This would be second Patriot system supplied by the US to Kyiv following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The new system will come from Poland and could be deployed to Ukraine’s front lines in the next several days, the New York Times reported.
The Pentagon has supplied Kyiv with an undisclosed number of missiles for the system since the war began to help Kyiv fend off Russian aerial assaults.
Last month, Zelensky urged the US to send US-made Patriot systems, arguing that they will help his forces fight the close to 3,000 bombs that he said Russia launches into the country every month.
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June 12, 2024
Germany to send 100 Patriot missiles to Ukraine
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced they will send another 100 Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine in a joint effort with Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway.
The announcement on Tuesday came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended a Ukraine recovery conference in Berlin.
Germany is the second-largest supporter of Ukraine behind the US and the biggest supporter in Europe.
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June 12, 2024
Explosions heard in capital Kyiv, DW reports
Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday, the Ukrainian military said on Telegram.
Ukrainian defense systems were repelling the strikes, it added, without giving further information. Several blasts where heard in Kyiv, DW’s Emmanuelle Chaze reported.
Air raid alerts were announced across the country after midnight.
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