Hours after #Trump spoke, the latest wave of #Russia’s ballistic missiles struck #Kyiv, killing at least 9 people & injuring 28, Ukrainian officials said.

…An agreement to allow #Ukraine to build the Patriot missiles would require the US government to share its defense technology & for the defense firms that build the systems, including Raytheon & Lockheed Martin, to work with the Ukrainians to manufacture the weapons. Such a project could take months or years….

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When asked about the agreement during a meeting with his cabinet Friday, #Trump said “we have not agreed to that,” suggesting that he had changed his mind because “it is a hard thing to give away that kind of technology” & because of the risk that “those people you give the technology, they could someday turn on you.”

“You look at war, it has happened a couple of times over the years,” Trump said. “So we have to be very careful. We guard that.”

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Russian strikes across #Ukraine, from east to west, killed at least 7 & wounded dozens, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk & western Lviv regions.

The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that #Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis.

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https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-missile-attack-63ab11e0ebe6a9aefdb547fe442bef3f

In Kyiv, Russian forces struck the capital with ballistic missiles, killing a 31-year-old man & wounding 2 others, the National Police press service said. #Residential buildings, a market, a garage cooperative, storage facilities & vehicles were damaged in the city, police said.

In the Kyiv region, 5 people were wounded in the Brovary district, including a minor & 2 women, acting regional administration head Ruslan Oliinyk said on FB.

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In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian forces carried out a mass attack that killed 6 people & wounded 10 & damaged or destroyed #civilian #infrastructure, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration.

#Children were among the dead, he said on Telegram — a 6-year-old girl & boys aged 11 & 17 in the Kryvyi Rih area.

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Russian strikes across #Ukraine, from east to west, killed at least 7 & wounded dozens, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk & western Lviv regions.

The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that #Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis.

#geopolitics #Europe #Putin #democracy #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-missile-attack-63ab11e0ebe6a9aefdb547fe442bef3f