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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military announced on Thursday it will expand wartime training in Germany of Ukrainian military personnel fighting Russia's invasion with a focus on joint maneuver and combined arms operations.

 

U.S. officials say the Biden administration is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust

Announcement likely to come this week; battery would become the most advanced surface-to-air system West has provided to counter Russia's devastating assaults

Chinese and Indian troops clashed in Tawang sector on December 9.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/us-poised-to-approve-patriot-missile-battery-for-ukraine/"></div>WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. 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...

U.S. officials say the Biden administration 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. The officials said the approval is likely to come later this week and could be announced as early as Thursday.

Ukrainian leaders had urgently requested for more robust weapons to shoot down Russian missiles, U.S. officials say.

According to two US sources and a senior administration official, the Biden administration is putting the last touches on plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, which could be revealed as soon as this week.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot surface-to-air 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.