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Zelenskyy urges urgent efforts in Ukraine to start Patriot production
Its PAC-3 interceptor – short for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 – is one of the few Western weapons capable of shooting down the ballistic missiles Russia has increasingly fired at Ukrainian cities.
It is unclear which Ukrainian company might be selected to partner with either RTX or Lockheed Martin, the two primary defence contractors that produce the Patriot systems, to manufacture the interceptor missiles.
That helps explain why expectations were low for Mr. Trump’s Wednesday meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
The announcement came as a surprise, even though Ukraine has been working on the issue for years, and there were some indications a deal could be close.
