Trump says both sides in Ukraine war want a settlement

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President Donald Trump announced at the NATO summit in Ankara that the U.S. will grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missiles. He also noted that both Russia and Ukraine desire to settle the ongoing war.

ANKARA, July 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will give a license to Ukraine for Patriot missiles as he said both Russia and Ukraine want to see the war settled. "We're going to give a license to you to make Patriots," Trump said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the NATO summit in Ankara. Zelenskiy has repeatedly pleaded for the U.S.-made interceptors — the only weapon in Ukraine's arsenal that can shoot down ballistic projectiles, whose high velocity and steep flight path make them difficult to stop.