Trump has expressed increasing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and recently vowed to bolster Ukraine's defenses. After a phone call on Thursday, July 3, Trump criticized Putin's handling of ceasefire talks and resumed paused weapons shipments following pressure from Kyiv and U.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) currently has only 25 percent of the interceptors needed for all its military plans, with conflicts in the Middle East contributing to the shortage.

An U.S. official says some weapons shipments to Ukraine have resumed, as the country's leader seeks more urgent support from his partners.

Ukraine's inventory of Patriot surface-to-air missile systems have been very effective against Russia, two US Army officers told BI.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital with another major missile and drone attack overnight into Thursday, killing at least two people and causing fires across Kyiv a day after the heaviest drone attack so far in the more than three-year war, Ukrainian officials said.

WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine would need Patriot missiles for its defenses, after speaking with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, and voiced frustration over Russian President Vladimir Putin's failure to end the fighting.

Another night of terror in Kyiv, Trump mulls the expense of providing Patriots, calls for Hegseth’s head grow louder.

The halting of deliveries of air defense missiles from the U.S. will lead to“major casualties among civilians,” a deputy commander in Ukraine’s air defense told the Kyiv Independent. Politico reported on July 1 that the U.

Ten Patriot interceptor missiles, which US President Donald Trump promised to send to Kiev, will not be enough even for one battle. This was stated by The Times newspaper by a high-ranking officer of the AFU Air Force.