Ukraine celebrates Trump's weapons reversal, but 'devil's in details'

President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements.

- REUTERS

Now comes the hard part — agreeing on who will actually give up their prized systems, including the Patriot missile batteries that Kyiv has been desperately seeking.

"We're going to make top-of-the-line weapons, and they'll be sent to NATO," Trump said in the Oval Office Monday.

Some Patriot missile defense systems should arrive in Ukraine “within days,” added Trump, who faces resistance from some high-profile figures in the MAGA movement who oppose US support for Ukraine.

The costly Patriot systems - in high demand among US allies - have proven effective at destroying Russian ballistic missiles aimed at Ukraine’s cities.