Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package - BBC News

The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A Patriot missile system used by GermanyBy Holly Honderich & Will Vernonin WashingtonThe Pentagon says it will "rush" Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package.

However Patriot systems for launching the missiles will not be sent, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were "urgently" needed to face a growing Russian air threat and "can and should save lives right now".

On Saturday, Ukraine said Russia had carried out another massive air attack.

Authorities in Kharkiv said a hospital was damaged. Energy facilities in three regions were attacked, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68901820

---