Latvia’s Premier Signals Ukraine Will Get New Patriot Batteries
Ukrainian servicemen walk past a Patriot air defence system at an undisclosed area.
Photographer: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty ImagesLatvian Prime Minister Evika Silina signaled that Ukraine will receive a delivery of the US-made Patriot air defense systems as the country comes under increasingly relentless Russian drone and missile strikes.
“There is a commitment to help Ukraine with new Patriot systems,” the premier told reporters in Riga after she took part in a call with Ukrainian allies on Thursday. “How that will happen and when that will happen, I think that is restricted information.”