USA want to help Ukraine strengthen its air defense. So they will discuss with NATO allies whether the Europeans can transfer their existing Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv. This was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on press conferences .

Despite the fact that the United States is the manufacturer of the Patriot air defense system and the operator of the largest number of these systems, Rubio was outraged that in Europe"no one wants to share" them with Ukraine.

"If Ukraine is truly a priority, as many European countries claim, then they should be willing to share the batteries they don't need right now. I hope we can convince some of our NATO partners to provide these Patriot batteries to Ukraine, because there are a number of countries that have them, but no one wants to part with them," he said.

According to the Secretary of State, Spain and Germany, in particular, could transfer their complexes to Ukraine. He also recalled that some European countries had previously ordered Patriot from the American manufacturer and should soon receive them.

"It would be great if one of them would voluntarily postpone this shipment and send it to Ukraine. So we are looking for creative ways to provide them (the Ukrainians) with these defensive weapons that they will need," Rubio added.

American military aid to Ukraine

As UNIAN reported, despite the fact that Donald Trump has recently begun to directly criticize Russia for its unwillingness to curtail its aggression, even in words he does not really want to help Ukraine in its defense. Thus, the other day, when asked directly by journalists about the possibility of transferring additional Patriot complexes to Ukraine, Trump said he would"look", can you pass on at least one, since they are"very expensive".

And after the US suspended deliveries of already funded military aid to Ukraine, Trump promised to restore them and assured Volodymyr Zelensky that he would immediately send as many as 10 anti-aircraft missiles. This"generosity" openly outraged the Ukrainian military.