The Ukrainian firm Fire Point has produced weapons that hit Russian territory. Its next goal, developing an antimissile system, is a much bigger challenge, experts said.
Missiles manufactured by the Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point and video footage of a burning Russian refinery at the company’s exhibition stand at a defense industry conference in Kyiv last month.
With Patriot interceptors in short supply, President Trump’s statement that he would allow Ukraine to build them is a boon to Kyiv as it fights off Russian missile attacks. But it is just the start.
A Patriot air defense system in Ukraine, in 2024. President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned for weeks that his country was running out of interceptors for the system as Russia has stepped up attacks.
A new study, backed up by analysts and political leaders, says frequent drone incursions near military assets mark a Russian campaign to probe defenses and gather information.
A building that was struck by a Russian attack drone in Galati, eastern Romania, in May. Reconnaissance drone flights in Western Europe are a different kind of problem that experts say reflects a systematic Russian campaign.
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