{"id":1413247,"date":"2026-07-22T17:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1413247"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:59:56","slug":"zelenskyy-discusses-patriot-missiles-drone-deal-with-u-s-ambassador-to-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-discusses-patriot-missiles-drone-deal-with-u-s-ambassador-to-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Discusses Patriot Missiles, Drone Deal With U.S. Ambassador to NATO"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Volodymyr Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/news\/prezident-obgovoriv-iz-poslom-ssha-pri-nato-rezultati-samitu-105545\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/news\/prezident-obgovoriv-iz-poslom-ssha-pri-nato-rezultati-samitu-105545\">met<\/a> with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker and Lt. Gen. Curtis Buzzard, commander of NATO&#8217;s Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), to discuss strengthening Ukraine&#8217;s air defense and expanding bilateral defense cooperation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Zelenskyy, the talks focused primarily on increasing supplies of Patriot interceptor missiles through the Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), which he described as Ukraine&#8217;s top priority as Russia continues large-scale missile and drone attacks.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president also discussed U.S.-Ukrainian defense cooperation, including the implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision, announced at the NATO summit in Ankara, to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot interceptor missiles domestically.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another topic was the proposed Drone Deal, which Zelenskyy said both sides are currently working to finalize and which he described as having significant potential.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting, Zelenskyy presented Lt. Gen. Buzzard with the Order of Merit, Third Class, in recognition of his contribution to supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president thanked the United States for its continued assistance, expressing gratitude to President Trump, the U.S. Congress and the American people for their support of Ukraine.<br><br>Read Also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-agrees-updated-reform-timeline-and-additional-policy-commitments-with-the-imf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine Agrees Updated Reform Timeline and Additional Policy Commitments With the IMF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1413249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36418,36415],"tags":[76,78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1413247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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