PARIS — Norway will help Germany pay for two Patriot air-defense systems including missiles for Ukraine, according to the Norwegian government, with the Nordic country providing total funding for air-defense capabilities amounting to roughly $692 million.

Germany will provide Ukraine two complete Patriot systems from its inventory, and Norway will help pay for their replacement, the government in Oslo said in statement on Sunday, on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine. The United States has confirmed it will replace the two systems being donated by Germany, Norway said.

Ukraine has been asking its allies for more air-defense systems for months, as daily Russian attacks pummel the embattled country’s cities with cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones. Patriot is on

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