India, July 12 -- US President Donald Trump has agreed to license Ukraine to manufacture its own Patriot missile interceptors, announcing the move at the Nato summit in Ankara in a yet another striking reversal of his earlier scepticism towards Kyiv.

"We're going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That's pretty cool. This way, you can't complain that we're not giving 'em enough," Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at their meeting on the summit sidelines. "It's a defensive weapon, which I like better than an offensive weapon," he added.

Trump gave no details on how the licensing arrangement would work or when production might start.

Patriot is among a handful of systems worldwide, and the only one of its kind wit...