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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding in Kyiv and Hugo Lowell in Washington

Trump criticises Putin and promises to send Ukraine 10 Patriot missiles

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The U-turn came after a call on Friday between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy (pictured), which Ukraine’s president hailed as their best conversation to date. Photograph: Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images

Donald Trump has voiced his frustration with Vladimir Putin and promised to send 10 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, after announcing on Monday that US weapons deliveries would resume days after they were halted by the Pentagon, according to an official familiar with the matter.

Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump said he was getting increasingly frustrated with the Russian leader. “We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth. He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless,” he said.

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