(10 Jul 2025)
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Rome – 10 July 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President:
"We have a very constructive dialogue with President Trump about Patriot systems. I requested 10 Patriot systems and an appropriate amount of missiles for these systems. Germany is ready to pay, I have agreements with them, for two systems. Norway is ready to pay, I have bilateral agreements with their prime minister, for one system."
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2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President:
"When we will receive a clear reply from the producer and different opportunities of the US regarding the dates – clearly, we understand the cost – then, other European partners will join. This is what the system of financing the American Patriot systems looks like today. But this is my mission, to find the money, and as I already said, in the beginning of my reply – we already have an understanding where to start the financing. I am sure that we will get it all done."
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STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said intelligence reports indicate Russia will “drag” out the war.
"Putin will drag on this war. Putin refuses all opportunities to initiate a real ceasefire. He doesn’t want real peace," said Zelenskyy at a press conference in Rome on Thursday.
Separately, Zelenskyy added he had "a very constructive dialogue with President Trump about Patriot systems" asking for 10 systems "and an appropriate amount of missiles for these systems."
It comes after the Trump administration resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
The weapons heading into Ukraine include 155 mm munitions and precision-guided rockets known as GMLRS, two officials told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to provide details that had not been announced publicly.
It’s unclear exactly when the weapons started moving.
Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital with another major missile and drone attack overnight into Thursday.
The attack killed at least two people and caused fires across Kyiv a day after the heaviest drone attack so far in the more than three-year war, Ukrainian officials said.
In another tense and sleepless night for Kyiv residents, with many of them dashing in the dark with children, pets and blankets to the protection of subway stations, at least 22 people were wounded, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Administration.
The night was punctuated with drones that slammed into residential areas, exploded and sent balls of orange flames into the dark during the 10-hour barrage.
Russia fired 397 Shahed and decoy drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and five other regions, authorities said.
AP video by Silvia Stellacci
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