US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Ukraine will receive Patriot missile systems as part of a new package of US weaponry has been warmly welcomed in Kyiv as it reels under nightly Russian bombardments.

General Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has said that NATO is preparing for the rapid deployment of additional Patriot air defence systems in Ukraine. Source: ntv, as reported by European Pravda Details: Grynkewich said that preparations were being carried out in close cooperation with Germany.

Sending U.S. Patriots marks a shift for Trump, who had previously refrained from approving new weapons shipments to Ukraine since he returned to the White House. It also comes as U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced record levels of U.S. arms would go to Ukraine, dealing a blow to Putin.