Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy seeks 300 Patriots to get through winter

Kyiv to anchor European alternative missile defence system called Freyja; more sanctions against Russian state hacking outfits. What we know on day 1,602 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed an agreement with allies ⁠for ​a European-backed anti-ballistic missile shield as an alternative ⁠to the US Patriot system – but the Ukrainian president stressed that Kyiv ⁠still needs the American interceptors for ​now and ‌the coming ‌winter. Zelenskyy said the Freyja ‌defence project, originated in Ukrain...

By Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies