Trump to Send Patriots to Ukraine, US ‘Not Paying’ for Them (1)

President Donald Trump said the US will send more Patriot air-defense batteries to Ukraine in an apparent shift to a more confrontational stance toward Russia after his attempts to negotiate a ceasefire failed.

“I haven’t agreed on the number yet, but they are going to have some,” the president told reporters Sunday on his way back to the White House. “We will get them Patriots, which they desperately need.”

The announcement sets the scene for what Trump described would be his “major statement” on Russia on Monday as Moscow steps up airstrikes against Ukraine. The US president has grown increasingly ...