#US military aid
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![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with NATO Chief Mark Rutte, March 18, 2026. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)]( "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with NATO Chief Mark Rutte, March 18, 2026. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)")
![Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) shakes hands with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R), at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 13, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) shakes hands with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R), at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 13, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian soldiers of the anti-aircraft mobile division stand with guns during night training on March 2, 2024 in Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian soldiers of the anti-aircraft mobile division stand with guns during night training on March 2, 2024 in Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![US Air Force F-16 fighter jet, equipped with six seven-round LAU-131/A pods adapted for use with APKWS missiles. (Source: US DoD)]( "US Air Force F-16 fighter jet, equipped with six seven-round LAU-131/A pods adapted for use with APKWS missiles. (Source: US DoD)")
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Ukrainian Air Force footage has, for the first time, revealed F-16 fighters intercepting Shahed-type attack drones using inexpensive APKWS II guided rockets, a development that could dramatically lower the cost of defending against large-scale drone attacks, according to reporting highlighted by Defense Express on February 18.![A Raytheon Technologies Corp. F135 advanced fighter engine on display at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Paris, France (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Raytheon Technologies Corp. F135 advanced fighter engine on display at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Paris, France (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian Patriot air defense system on a combat duty, summer of 2025. (Source: Ukrainian Air Forces)]( "Ukrainian Patriot air defense system on a combat duty, summer of 2025. (Source: Ukrainian Air Forces)")
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Ukraine is intercepting Russian ballistic missiles using just one Patriot interceptor per target—a high-risk tactic driven not by doctrine, but by a critical shortage of air-defense missiles as large-scale strikes continue.
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