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| Trump confirms plans to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine | Trump confirms plans to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine |
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| The US president cited recent Russian strikes as his motive | The US president cited recent Russian strikes as his motive |
| US President Donald Trump said he would send additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, days after the Pentagon reversed its decision to halt some military aid. | US President Donald Trump said he would send additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, days after the Pentagon reversed its decision to halt some military aid. |
| “We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there’s a little bit of a problem there. I don’t like it,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington on Sunday evening. | |
| He made his remarks after multiple US media outlets reported that he was considering approving a new military aid package, which would potentially include both defensive and offensive missiles. | |
| Trump has recently ramped up his criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he blamed for the lack of breakthrough in the US-mediated negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. | |
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