The United States plans to provide Ukraine with a license to produce missiles for the Patriot air defense system. This was stated by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, July 8, during a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit in Ankara. "One of the topics we will probably discuss today is that we will grant them the right to produce (missiles - Ed.) Patriot," Trump said. "We will show them how it’s done." ## ## Trump intends to talk to Putin as well In addition, the head of the White House announced that he intends to have a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Donald Trump, the conditions set by the Kremlin leader for ending the war are changing. The American president indicated that the U.S. is working on providing Ukraine with security guarantees, "to save lives." In recent days, both Volodymyr Zelensky and other representatives of the Ukrainian leadership, in particular the official representative of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ihnat, have stated about the catastrophic shortage of interceptor missiles for the Patriot systems in Ukraine. According to Ihnat, because of this, during the massive Russian attack on the night of July 6, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unable to shoot down any of the 29 ballistic missiles launched by Russia.