\u201cWe will send them Patriots which they desperately need because Putin … really surprised a lot of people,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt’s little bit of a problem there, I don’t like it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Trump also said the European Union would be purchasing the American-made weapons that will be ultimately delivered to Ukraine for use against Russia. He did not specify the number of Patriots bound for Kyiv but he specifically mentioned the famed American-made system, which he said Ukraine needs \u201cbecause they do need protection\u201d as Russia continues to attack civilian targets on a near-nightly basis.<\/p>\n
The president\u2019s pledge to send more weapons to Kyiv came days after he issued a none-too-veiled threat of action against Russia after\u00a0Moscow\u2019s forces hit a Ukrainian maternity hospital\u00a0on Friday, injuring nine people, and a\u00a0fresh barrage of drones and missiles were launched\u00a0on\u00a0Ukraine over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend,\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0security agency announced that it had tracked down and\u00a0killed Russian agents\u00a0who assassinated a Ukrainian intelligence officer.<\/p>\n
Trump told reporters before a trip to Texas to observe flood damage that they would \u201cbe seeing things happen\u201d with regard to Russia, less than a day after he told NBC News that he\u2019d be making a \u201cmajor announcementt\u201d on the status of the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war this coming Monday.<\/p>\n Last week during a cabinet meeting, he praised Kyiv\u2019s armed forces for their bravery as they\u2019ve wielded their American-made equipment while battling back Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n