US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Ukraine will receive Patriot missile systems as part of a new package of US weaponry has been warmly welcomed in Kyiv as it reels under nightly Russian bombardments.

The president announced the US will send additional Patriot air-defense systems to Ukraine, part of a European Union–funded deal.

By Isabel Demetz and Jesus Calero (Reuters) -German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is set to discuss the possibility of Germany paying for American Patriot air defence systems for Ukraine, as he heads to Washington to meet with U.