The complex systems will become a high-priority target for Russia, as the West ups the ante on supplies This month, the Ukrainian military is set to start training to use the US-built Patriot missile system. Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, has said the process will take “several months.” This means…

European Commission chief says she hopes Germany will make the “necessary” decision to provide Kiev with Leopard 2 tanks The West should supply Ukraine with any weapons it needs, including advanced systems, for use in its conflict with Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said.

Kiev is unable to engage in peace talks with Moscow because the US and its allies forbid it from doing so, Russian spy chief Sergey Naryshkin has said. “The overseas masters of the Ukrainian regime won’t allow getting [the Ukrainian] dossier off the ground,” Naryshkin told Tass on Tuesday.