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It was a dramatic departure from Trump\u2019s more acerbic tone toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he once derided as ungrateful.<\/strong><\/p>

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with President Donald Trump in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. (Saul Loeb\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 President Donald Trump heaped praise on Ukraine\u2019s president and war effort Wednesday, speaking in unusually positive terms about Kyiv\u2019s deep strikes inside Russia and appearing to grant one of Ukraine\u2019s long-held requests: the ability to produce U.S.-designed Patriot air-defense missiles on Ukrainian soil.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s words on Ukraine were a dramatic departure from his tone during his first year in office, when he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ungrateful for U.S. help and accused him of \u201cgambling with World War III.\u201d Wednesday he spoke in admiring terms of Ukraine\u2019s war effort and offered dramatic new assistance, first in a closed-door meeting with NATO leaders and then in a one-on-one with the Ukrainian leader.<\/p>\n

Wednesday afternoon\u2019s meeting was almost chummy by comparison with the earlier encounter.<\/p>\n

Zelensky has \u201cdone an amazing job,\u201d Trump told reporters before the pair\u2019s bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit. \u201cLook, he\u2019s been very effective, and he\u2019s had the best equipment because he\u2019s had our equipment.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cWe\u2019re going to give a license to you to make Patriot missiles,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThat\u2019s pretty cool. This way, you can\u2019t complain that we\u2019re not giving them enough. I said, \u2018Make them yourself.\u2019 We haven\u2019t informed the company of that yet, but that\u2019ll work out all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Zelensky, the issue is not abstract. Patriot systems have become one of Ukraine\u2019s most prized defenses against Russian barrages, particularly ballistic missiles that can reach Ukrainian cities in minutes and leave civilians with little warning. They have been in short supply for years.<\/p>\n

Kyiv has repeatedly pressed allies for more batteries and interceptors, warning that every shortage gives Moscow more room to terrorize apartment blocks, energy facilities and other civilian targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as Patriot missiles remain in our allies\u2019 stockpiles\u201d instead of being handed to Ukraine, Zelensky said in a statement Monday, \u201cRussia is only encouraged to keep \u2018vanquishing\u2019 residential buildings.\u201d<\/p>

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This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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