- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Donald Trump has agreed to grant Ukraine licences to produce Patriot interceptor missiles locally, reducing reliance on imports and bolstering air defence capabilities.
- “There are concrete agreements regarding Patriot licenses,” the Ukrainian president said. “At our meeting, President Trump stressed that he had made his final decision: Ukraine will receive licenses to produce Patriot missiles.”
- Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities reported that Russia has deliberately escalated attacks on Kyiv's data centres and telecommunications facilities, cutting internet access for 100,000 households and threatening life-saving missile alert systems.
- In their first joint operation, Sweden and Finland also scrambled fighter jets to intercept and identify a group of Russian military aircraft flying over the Gulf of Finland amidst heightened European security concerns.
- President Zelensky separately held talks with representatives from more than two dozen US companies in New York to solicit private investment to support Ukraine's battered economy, critical infrastructure, and winter energy needs.
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