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The US is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian missiles, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The approval is likely to come later this week and could be announced as early as December 15, said three officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision is not final and has not been made public. Two of the officials said the Patriot will come from Pentagon stocks and be moved from another country overseas, reported AP.

Ukraine has been seeking patriot missile defense systems and other defense systems for quite some time. Now, two senior US officials have informed CNN that the Biden administration is finalising a roadmap to send Patriot missile defence systems to Ukraine. The CNN report states that the decision could be announced as soon as this week. After the plans are finalised, Ukrainian soldiers will be trained to use them at an American base in Germany. It is to mention that the decision to send Patriot missile defence systems to Ukraine still needs approval from US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and President Joe Biden. It takes months of training for soldiers to learn how to properly operate the Patriot missile defence system.

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