BRUSSELS — Ukraine's president on Wednesday urged Western backers to speed up deliveries of air defense systems to counter Russian missile strikes and to help boost weapons production.

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Ukraine's president wants his Western backers to speed up deliveries of air defense systems to counter Russian missile strikes

He also wants them to help boost weapons production

President Volodymyr Zelenskky on Wednesday emphasized U.S.-made Patriot missile systems

The Ukraine Defense Contact Group was formed to help the country repel Russia's all-out invasion, but U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not attend, for the first time

His absence is the latest step that the Trump administration has taken to distance itself from Ukraine's war efforts

The emphasis should be on U.S

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