Trump says US to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, slams Putin over continued attacks
'We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need,' Trump said, without specifying how many, just two weeks after Washington said it would pause some arms deliveries to Kyiv.
'I haven't agreed on the number yet, but they're going to have some because they do need protection,' he told reporters.
The weapons delivery will be part of a new deal which Trump says will involve Nato paying the United States for some of the weapons it sends to Ukraine.
'We basically are going to send them various pieces of very sophisticated military and they're going to pay us 100 percent for them,' Trump told reporters.
The US president repeated that he was 'disappointed' in Putin.
When he first returned to the White House in January Trump insisted he could work with the Russian leader to end the war, but grew increasingly frustrated as Russian missiles continued with no ceasefire in sight.
'Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening,' said the disgruntled Trump.
US special envoy Keith Kellogg is due to begin his latest visit to Ukraine on Monday.
Trump also said he would meet NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday, when he previously said he would make a 'major statement... on Russia.' —AFP
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