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Overview
- Volodymyr Zelensky met President Trump at the White House on July 28 to press for U.S. authorization for Ukraine to produce Patriot PAC‑3 interceptors.
- Zelensky said the leaders discussed licences for Patriot production and other measures that could help Ukraine’s air defences and relaunch diplomatic talks with Russia.
- Ukraine is suffering a critical shortage of PAC‑3 interceptors as Russia has stepped up long‑range and ballistic strikes, and Ukrainian authorities reported at least one civilian killed in overnight strikes on Kyiv.
- U.S. military attention and missile interceptors have been redirected to the Middle East after renewed U.S.‑Iran confrontations, with CENTCOM reporting intercepted Iranian missiles and U.S.‑Saudi strikes in Iraq.
- The near‑term test will be whether Washington issues formal production licences and how quickly European purchases routed through the PURL mechanism can supply Kyiv, outcomes that will shape civilian risk and the flow of weapons and oil markets.