{"id":2629,"date":"2026-07-13T18:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:10:15","slug":"ukraine-and-allies-set-up-coalition-to-tackle-russia-ballistic-missile-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2629","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and allies set up coalition to tackle Russia ballistic missile threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine and key Western allies on Monday announced an air-defense coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the U.S. Patriot system.<\/p>

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With Ukraine increasingly exposed to Russian ballistic missiles, leaders gathered in Paris for a summit, where 10 countries, along with about \u2060a dozen firms from the defense sector, met to press on with what they called the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition.<\/p>

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\u201cWe believe that the protection of Europe requires a global solution of integrated missile defense architecture to deter and defeat future missile threats \u2014 developed through collective effort, technological openness, and trusted industrial cooperation,\u201d the leaders of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain said in a statement.<\/p>

\u201cIt will complement existing ballistic missile defense systems, including sovereign European solutions already acquired, or \u2060to be acquired by participating countries.\u201d<\/p>

Russia has stepped up strikes on Kyiv<\/h2>

Ukraine \u200bis \u2060critically low on munitions for its systems and has been largely unable to down ballistic missiles, which travel at several times the speed of sound, over the past month.<\/p>

It has pleaded with allies for more supplies and has also pushed Europe to \u2060work with it on its own anti-ballistic air defense system.<\/p>

As Russia\u2019s strikes have increased, Kyiv has intensified drone attacks inside Russia, targeting \u200boil facilities \u2060and weapons production as it has shifted the battlefield \u200cmomentum in the war.<\/p>

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined some 25 leaders for a broader summit of the Coalition of the Willing, part of efforts that include putting together a common position that could be taken to Russia, and security guarantees to support any eventual peace deal.<\/p>

Monday\u2019s meetings come \u200cdays after a NATO summit that aimed to show transatlantic unity and long-term support \u200cfor Ukraine.<\/p>

Russia has stepped up strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region in recent weeks, killing dozens. Officials said Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine on Saturday left eight dead and many more wounded.<\/p>

Moscow says it only attacks targets of military relevance and denies targeting civilians.<\/p>

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Zelenskyy says new joint project to be developed<\/h2>

Zelenskyy had said prior to Monday\u2019s meeting \u2060that several countries were likely to formalize the Freyja project \u2014 Ukraine\u2019s attempt to build a European-backed, lower-cost alternative to the Patriot system.<\/p>

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\u201cThe more means Ukraine has to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles, the greater the chance that Putin will come to the negotiating table, as his last argument in this war will no longer work,\u201d Zelenskyy said after Monday\u2019s announcement.<\/p>

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