Ukraine Urgently Needs Air Defense Missiles to Avoid Winter Catastrophe, Axios Reports

Ukraine urgently needs surface-to-air missiles to avoid a winter catastrophe, Axios reports. Stocks of interceptors are nearly depleted. If the issue is not resolved before winter, Russian strikes could knock out power plants and leave millions without heat. Zelenskyy stated that Russia uses 30–40 ballistic missiles in each major strike and carries out 3–5 such attacks per month. He said Trump agreed during a meeting to move forward on licenses for Patriot production, but even with approvals, large-scale production would take 1 to 5 years. Trump promised to try to help but noted difficulties due to demand for interceptors in the war with Iran.