In December 2022, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. agreed to give Ukraine a Patriot missile battery, an advanced ground-based air-defense system. Two more followed, along with an unknown number of interceptor missiles that have provided the only effective means of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles.

President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements.

The program could help supply Kyiv with valuable kit such as Patriot air defense systems, which have proven effective at intercepting Russian ballistic missiles targeting Ukrainian cities. According to the report,

It’s been a roller coaster week for Ukraine, with U.S. military aid first paused, then reinstated. The shifts follow President Donald Trump’s frosty signals to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump's push for European NATO members to purchase U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine marks a shift from the more direct military support for Kyiv of his predecessor, Joe Biden. But unlike Biden,

When the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) halted the transfer of critical air defense missiles and other weapons to Ukraine, Kyiv and its partners were caught off-guard and are now left scrambling for clarity on the scope and length of the Trump administration's decision.

With Russia sending record-breaking amounts of drones and missiles toward Ukraine, Trump orders to send more weapons to Ukraine.