Donald Trump offers Ukraine licence to produce Patriot air defence missiles amid war with Russia
US President Donald Trump has offered to give Ukraine the right to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, which could help Kyiv defend against Russia's ballistic missile attacks.
Sitting next to Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine's strikes on Russian refineries were needed to show Moscow "how difficult it is to defend its airspace", and thus push the Kremlin to end the war.
In his remarks Trump also claimed Vladimir Putin - with whom he said he spoke often - wanted to make a deal to end the war with Ukraine, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of the country in 2022.
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