It’s unclear if the missiles would be manufactured in Ukraine or another country.

Following his bilateral meeting with Trump, Zelensky said he was “grateful for the strong emphasis placed on strengthening Ukraine’s air defense to better protect people’s lives."

In his opening address at the summit Tuesday, Zelensky had called for allies to deliver air defense systems, insisting Ukraine needs U.S.-made interceptors to defend itself against Russia’s ballistic missiles.

His public appeal came after Russia bombarded Kyiv with drones and missiles in another deadly attack at the start of the week. Ukrainian officials reported another overnight assault Wednesday morning.

Zelensky also used his platform to again push for Ukraine to be granted NATO membership.

In a summit declaration published Wednesday, NATO said for 2026, “allies pledge €70 billion in military equipment, assistance, and training for Ukraine and affirm their sovereign commitments to sustaining at least equivalent levels in 2027.”

“Allies stand united in our unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its freedom, sovereignty, and territorial integrity,” the statement read.

Trump also signaled openness to expanding defense cooperation with Kyiv through a possible deal on buying Ukrainian drones, but he didn’t fully commit to a plan.

“Well, we would buy their drones, and we make drones, we make great drones, but they [Ukraine] have an ability to make a lot of them,” he said.

During the two-day summit Zelensky signed “drone deals” with the Netherlands, Denmark, and Estonia.

David Blagden, an associate professor of international security and strategy at the University of Exeter, tells TIME the summit was undoubtedly a “win for the Ukrainian government.”

“Ukraine was suffering from critical shortages of air defenses, so to be able to build some of the best air defenses under license will potentially be a huge advantage in terms of trying to blunt those Russian ballistic missile attacks,” he says.

Although Trump’s relationship with several NATO allies has become fractured, he acknowledged his rapport with Zelensky has strengthened since their contentious Oval Office showdown last year.

“We've actually developed a good relationship, it's hard to believe, right from the Oval Office to now,” Trump mused.

“To be on sufficiently good terms with the Americans again is a huge diplomatic coup for Ukraine,” Blagden tells TIME. “The position on Ukraine has been one of the sticking points within U.S.-European relations within NATO, so to have Trump laughing and joking with [Zelensky] again is a huge step forward.”

Prior to the summit, Trump spoke separately with Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the NATO summit, he expressed optimism that both leaders wanted to end the war.

>>1523207
>"It's a defensive weapon, which I like better than an offensive weapon," he added.
yeah, putins puppet

Iran already proves those patriots are useless LMAO muttmerica, Israel and Ukraine is fucking cooked if that's the best they can offer

>>1523214
get in the meat cube

tRump is Nobody's puppet.

Considering he was putin's shill at the NATO summit, he's still Putin's cockholster.

But it is amusing when he does moves like this so his shills can claim 'SeE? hE's NOt a PuPPet!'

>>1523214
And yet the Patriots have pretty reliably dabbed on Russia's '''hypersonic''' wunderwaffen the whole bloody war.
Take it up with the Arab retards who don't know how to properly use their gear and refuse to learn.

>>1523207
>Trump said he had not yet informed defense manufacturers of his decision
So is he just bull shitting to fill airtime?

>>1523254
Dumb fuck we bomb kiev at will, the last few days kiev has been completely hammered by Russian strikes. The patriots don't work. Fake fucking news spamming cuckold. Cope. Your million dollar tech gets btfo by a 10k USD shaheed drone

>>1523317
that's a good parody of a russian shill, anon

>>1523318
Keep coping. Fucking retard. You lost. Iran won. I can't wait for mutts to get drafted after Trump decides to put land invade. Can't wait to see mutts get shaheeds to their cocks and asses. Can't wait to see you embaress yourselves militarily after all the shit you talked about Russia. At least Ukraine has the backing of the entirety of NATO, what will be muttmerica and Israels excuse be for losing to a broke sanctioned third world state

>>1523325
>after Trump decides to put land invade

>>1523207
>So much for Putin's puppet, eh?
lol you think liggerals are capable of reason.
lel.

>>1523327
Chiggy wiggy figgy dawg! Yeah, fucking higgy siggy diggies! They're so dumb for thinking trump is a Russian asset, just because he's been doing all sorts of shit to destabilize NATO and give Russia every advantage he can in their invasion.

I mean, he mentioned off-handedly that he'd let them produce weapons; not give them weapons, just let them produce them. Are you telling me him making some non-binding comment about giving Ukraine literally nothing isn't proof positive he hasn't had putin's nuts in his mouth this whole time!? Stupid fucking ghiggy druggies.

>>1523332
Holy shit you are having an absolute screeching meltdown

>>1523340
Taking away their "liberal" privilege terrifies them.
Liggies gonna piggy.

>>1523340
What are you talking about you stupid liberal xiggy spliggy sniggy?
>>1523342
God damn you're smart. This is why I think about you when I fuck my whore wife. I know we're supposed to think about trump, god won't get mad as long as our gay thoughts are focused on trump, but I must have you yiggy higgy thriggy, you have a duty to breed to dilute all the browns with your perfect 47 chromosomes.

>>1523344
>Oink, oink.

>>1523344
This is an absolutely embarrassing meltdown. You're so blatantly a tranny. President Trump is going to be your democratically elected leader for 2 more years. Stay butthurt about it. Don't 41% yourself in a fit of pure tranny TDS LMAO. Fuckhead liggeral cuck

>>1523300
And to give his shills something to point to to claim he's not putn's puppet, which he still is.

>>1523207
he thought he is talking to Putin lol
clearly Pu's asset but now with dementia

>>1523325
Oh hohohoho, you Ivans are so fucked and bothered that we're using a proxy nation you started shit with to kick your ass without shedding any American blood.

1523352
This is an absolutely embarrassing meltdown. You're so blatantly a tranny. Lame Duck a l'Orange Trump is going to be your impotent orange god with hair of clay for 2 more years after the midterms and the Democrats wield real political power. Stay butthurt about it. Do join the 41% that'll be that orange thing's cultists after late 2028 when MAGA is dead, LMAO. Fuckhead liggy miggy piggy esl cuck.

>>1523352
YEAH! I DUNNO WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO, BUT YOU GET THAT TRANNY FAGGOT! Stupid giggeral kiggerals, making up words. Hold up a mirror to their behavior, show them how retarded they look to sane people, and they start seething and screeching like blue haired faggots they pretend to hate while obsessing over, just like you did there! You're a masterful satireist among a political wing that famously understands satire.

Yeah, those fucking lissural nissurals can stay butthurt! They think just because the middle class has objectively less purchasing power than they used to and president sweet diapers has enriched himself by over a billion dollars that he's obviously the most corrupt president in the world. Fucking idiots, that's putin, he's just the most corrupt in America; and that's why we love him, because JOE BIDEN!

I dunno what faggy liggeral khigferal you're talking to, but fight the good fight. Remember, if you want to kill yourself over it, make sure you come out of the closet first, you're obviously a trans obsessed faggot like all the rest of us, so we can pump that % even higher with your noble sacrifice.

>>1523378
Damn. based Trump most be winning hard if trannycucks are seething this hard. Liggy piggy melty LMAO.

>>1523214
even if you're correct, a flawed air defense system is better than no air defense system.

1523399
Damn. based Zelenskyy is winning hard when trannycuck esl shills such as 1523399 are seething this hard. Liggy miggy piggy melty LMAO
>most
>inb4 "grammar nazi", "context" etc
Most humans will humiliate this illiterate subhuman retard

>>1523254
>and refuse to learn
frankly so does the US and seemingly most western country for that matter, when it comes to some aspects of modern warfare.
We've live demonstration of Shahed style drones for years now, yet the US bases in the middle east looked wholly unprepared for this kind of threat, despite facing the nation that popularized the design.
I dread to think what would happen if someone decided to launch a spiderweb type operation against a western airbase.
>>1523244
>>1523235
>>1523365
>>1523368
This whole Russian asset/puppet thing is so retarded. He's not, at lest not in the literal sense where he's getting a paycheck from Moscow with a mission briefing of how to fuck NATO over next. He's just an impulsive useful idiot with an attention span of a toddler, who'll do and say whatever the fuck will feel right in the moment and also looks up to people like Putin and Netanyahu who as a result can sway his decisions a little now and then.

>>1523399
Yeah, we love when his dick gets all shitty from his diaper mess for extra flavor. Tastes like viggy chriggies seething.

Why migas are like this? Sunk cost fallacy?