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DECODING: Patriot Interceptors, a Rare Weapon Disputed Between Kyiv and Washington
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara, U.S. President Donald Trump stated he wanted to give Ukraine a license to manufacture…

REPORT: The Real Industrial Cost of the Patriot Promise Made to Ukraine
Some promises take three seconds to make and years to keep. On July 8, 2026, in Ankara, U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President…

ANALYSIS: Turkey and the F-35, a Political Promise Against a Legal Lock
Some sentences travel faster than the policy behind them. On July 7, 2026, in Ankara, U.S. President Donald Trump declared: "We're going to lift…

REPORT: The Patriot License Promised to Ukraine, an Industrial Revolution on Delay
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit held in Ankara, Donald Trump said something the Ukrainian defense industry had been waiting years to…

DECODING: ISW dissects Russia's July 8 offensive, and finds no real breakthrough
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Institute for the Study of War, based in Washington, has published a detailed assessment…

REPORT: In Ankara, Zelensky wrestles out a weapons promise still wrapped in fog
On July 8, 2026, in Ankara, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky secured from Donald Trump a long-awaited announcement: a license letting Ukraine build its own…

ANALYSIS: Ukraine's Patriot license won't build a single missile before 2028
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States would grant Ukraine a…

ANALYSIS: Trump Lifts Turkish Sanctions and Reopens the Door to Erdogan's F-35s
Donald Trump announced, at the NATO summit in Ankara in early July 2026, that the United States would lift the sanctions imposed on Turkey…

ANALYSIS: The Patriot license for Ukraine, Lockheed and RTX caught off guard
Some admissions carry more weight than the announcement they were meant to support. At the NATO summit in Ankara, President Donald Trump promised Volodymyr…