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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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EU allows Ukraine to use loan to buy US Patriot missiles

Brussels: The EU said Tuesday that it had agreed to let Ukraine spend a chunk of its 90-billion-euro ($105 billion) loan to the country to buy US-made Patriot air defence missile systems.

Ukraine's European backers are scrambling to help plug gaps in Kyiv's defences as the country has run short on critical interceptors to shoot down Russian missiles.

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