New Delhi, July 10 -- a production license that would allow Ukraine to begin manufacturing Patriot missiles on its own soil for the first time.

The announcement came at the NATO summit in Ankara, where Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines. "We're going to give a licence to you to make Patriots," Trump said, framing the agreement as a transfer of American manufacturing rights. Zelenskyy called on Ukrainian technical teams to begin working immediately on the licensing details, describing implementation as an "urgent" task for his defense and industry ministries.

The strategic logic is not difficult to understand. Ukraine currently depends on Patriot missile donations from allied nations - Germany, the Netherl...