Ukraine weighs cut-price Patriot as missile defence talks continue

Ukraine could benefit from Lockheed Martin's lower-cost Patriot interceptor, the PAC-3 ACE, as talks on producing Patriots continue despite US President Donald Trump's doubts, Reuters reports. No order to halt discussions has been given. The proposal involves making components in Ukraine and assembling them in Germany, but any deal could take over a year. Meanwhile, Kyiv faced heavy Russian bombardment, killing at least 17, and forced evacuations began in Kramatorsk.