Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump to send Patriot missiles to Kyiv because Putin ‘bombs everybody'

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Donald Trump said the US will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, which he claimed were necessary to defend the country because Russian president Vladimir Putin"talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening".
The US president did not give a number of missiles he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the US would be reimbursed for their cost by the EU.
Mr Trump has grown increasingly disenchanted with Mr Putin after he resisted Washington's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. He is due to make a "major statement" on Russia on Monday.
"He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it," Mr Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington.
"We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100 per cent for that, and that's the way we want it," Mr Trump said.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's security agency says it has tracked down and killed Russian agents who assassinated a Ukrainian intelligence officer during the week.
Ukrainian intelligence officer gunned down in Kyiv
A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer was gunned down in broad daylight in Kyiv, officials said on Friday as a maternity hospital was hit by a Russian drone barrage on the city of Kharkiv.
Surveillance footage published on social media showed the agent was executed in a car park by a gunman clad in dark clothing who fled the scene. Police said they were trying to identify the shooter and that 'measures are being taken to detain him'.
The victim's name has not been publicly disclosed and the identity of the suspect remains unclear. A Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) official said that the intelligence officer had been a colonel, according to Reuters.
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Ukrainian intelligence officer gunned down in Kyiv
Execution comes as Russian drones hit maternity hospital in Kharkiv
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar14 July 2025 04:29
Trump to send Patriot missiles to Kyiv
US president Donald Trump said he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country because Russian President Vladimir Putin "talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening".
Mr Trump did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the European Union.
The US president has grown increasingly disenchanted with Putin because the Russian leader has resisted Mr Trump's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has asked for more defensive capabilities to fend off a daily barrage of missile and drone attacks from Russia.
"We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it," Mr Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington.
"We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military equipment. They are going to pay us 100 per cent for that, and that's the way we want it," Mr Trump said.
14 July 2025 04:13