{"id":1390555,"date":"2026-06-17T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1390555"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:19:45","slug":"trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says U.S. will consider licensing missile production for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is prepared to consider granting Ukraine a license to manufacture American anti-ballistic missiles, following a request raised by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p>Speaking to reporters on June 17, Trump said Ukraine\u2019s desire to produce U.S.-designed missiles in Europe would be reviewed.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThey would like to be able to do that. We will look at that issue,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The U.S. president also reiterated that he had held \u201cvery good talks\u201d with both Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin and emphasized that he wants the war in Ukraine to come to an end.<\/p>\n   <p>At the same time, Trump declined to answer whether he considers Putin more responsible for the conflict.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWell, I don\u2019t want to comment on that because I\u2019m trying to settle it, and that doesn\u2019t make it easier,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Trump also said the United States is considering additional sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe are looking at it. We see how sharply oil prices are falling. They are really falling,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Earlier, Zelenskyy said Trump had reacted positively to his request for additional missiles for Patriot air defense systems, though no final decision has been publicly confirmed.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cFirst of all, he was very positive about being able to help us more with missiles. This is really a major challenge because production volumes are not as large as our needs. Production is in the United States,\u201d Zelenskyy said after the meeting.<\/p>\n   <p>The Ukrainian president also confirmed that he had raised the issue of production licenses.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI brought up the issue of licenses. I appealed to President Trump on this matter. We need licenses to produce missiles,\u201d Zelenskyy said, adding that Ukraine has already held numerous contacts with defense manufacturers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The possibility of local production of interceptor missiles was also mentioned by G7 leaders, who said they were prepared to consider licensing arrangements that would allow such systems to be manufactured in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is prepared to consider granting Ukraine &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1389870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36418,13,36415],"tags":[72926,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1390555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-news","category-11473-news-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump says U.S. will consider licensing missile production for Ukraine - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump says U.S. will consider licensing missile production for Ukraine - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is prepared to consider granting Ukraine ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T19:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/frame_1300x750_7b3d1fb1624c4a40a697c6db40060ba0-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9\"},\"headline\":\"Trump says U.S. will consider licensing missile production for Ukraine\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-17T19:03:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine\/\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-says-u-s-will-consider-licensing-missile-production-for-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/frame_1300x750_7b3d1fb1624c4a40a697c6db40060ba0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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