THE HAGUE ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump indicated on Wednesday he will consider providing more of the Patriot missiles that Ukraine needs to defend against mounting Russian strikes, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin ¡°really has to end that war.¡±
His remarks came after a 50-minute meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of a NATO summit in The Hague. Both leaders described it as a positive step in a conflict that Trump described as ¡°more difficult than other wars.¡±
During a news conference in which he celebrated his own diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Trump said the Patriots were ¡°very hard to get¡± but that ¡°we are going to see if we can make some of them available.¡±
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