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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maira Butt

Why Trump’s meeting with Zelensky at Nato summit is so important

  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet president Donald Trump at the Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week.
  • Zelensky intends to press the alliance for interceptor missiles after Ukraine was unable to down any of the ballistic missiles fired by Russia on Monday.
  • Ukraine's Air Force reported that all 29 ballistic missiles launched by Russia overnight into Monday struck their targets, primarily Kyiv, due to a critical shortage of interceptors.
  • Zelensky criticised the 'nonsensical' lack of scaled-up production of interceptors due to Patriot missiles being the only effective defence against ballistic projectiles.
  • President Donald Trump stated that a resolution to the conflict in Ukraine is 'getting closer than people realise' and will be a topic of discussion at the Nato summit.

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