Ukrainian President Zelensky said he has requested US President Trump to provide an emergency “winter aid plan”, including a large number of “Patriot” anti-aircraft missile interceptors to withstand Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Zelensky said that Ukraine's “Patriots” have almost run out of interceptor ammunition stocks, and it is now difficult to intercept Russian ballistic missiles. This is also an important reason why Kyiv was unable to effectively defend itself during the recent attack. If the problem cannot be solved before winter, Russia could destroy power generation facilities in Ukraine, causing millions of people to lose their heating during the winter. He revealed that Trump had earlier agreed that the US would grant “Patriots” an interceptor bomb production license to Ukraine, but even so, large-scale production of interceptor bombs will still take 1 to 5 years, which is far from meeting current needs. “We needed the 'Patriots' yesterday.” He said he hoped to get 300 interceptor bombs before winter. But since the war with Iran has also consumed America's Patriot missile stocks, it has become difficult to sell these missiles to Ukraine.

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