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Trump Says Ukraine Can Manufacture Its Own Patriot Missiles

HeadlineJul 09, 2026

Russian missiles and drones rained down on Ukraine’s biggest cities overnight. Officials in Kyiv report three people were killed and several others injured. Among civilian sites hit was a 25-story residential high-rise. Russian strikes also killed four people in Odesa and three others in Kharkiv. Dozens were injured by the bombings.

Elsewhere, Ukraine’s military said its drones attacked three more Russian oil refineries, along with pipeline pumping stations and Russian tankers operating in the Black Sea. Ukraine’s attacks on Russian energy sites have triggered acute fuel shortages. On Wednesday, the Kremlin announced a ban on diesel exports to support the domestic fuel market.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a series of high-level meetings at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, including with President Trump, who said the U.S. plans to license Patriot missile technology to Ukraine. Trump also said the U.S. would support Ukraine’s efforts to strike deeper inside Russian territory. Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced the decisions made at the NATO summit, saying they could lead to a “catastrophe.” At one point, President Trump called Zelensky “President Putin.”

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