Cut-price Patriot among options in desperate search for missile defence — Ukraine war briefing

Talks on Ukraine building Patriots continue despite Trump casting doubt, Reuters reports; forced evacuations in Kramatorsk. What we know on day 1,625Ukraine could benefit from a Lockheed Martin project to build a new, lower-cost Patriot …

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