Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy seeks 300 Patriots to get through winter

Kyiv to anchor European alternative missile defence system called Freyja; more sanctions against Russian state hacking outfits. What we know on day 1,602 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed an agreement with allies ⁠for ​a European-backed anti-ballistic missile shield as an alternative ⁠to the US Patriot system – but the Ukrainian president stressed that Kyiv ⁠still needs the American interceptors for ​now and ‌the coming ‌winter . Zelenskyy said the Freyja ‌defence project, originated in Ukraine, would be developed over the coming 12 months. “One of the main ways to ‌strengthen our collective po

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