US Considers Sending Ukraine Another Patriot Missile Battery
- Appeal for air defense systems comes amid Russian air attacks
- Germany has agreed to provide another Patriot system to Kyiv
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The Biden administration is working to send an additional Patriot air-defense battery to Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said, as the US and its allies scramble to meet the country’s demand for more weapons to repel an intensified Russian assault.
The US is seeking to send a single battery along with radars, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations. Ukraine’s European allies are also working on plans to send Kyiv additional air-defense systems from their stocks, the people said.