US to send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after call for air defences

It would be the second Patriot system that the US has given to Ukraine (AP)

The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two US officials have said, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defences as it battles an intense Russian assault on the north-eastern region of Kharkiv.

The officials said President Joe Biden has approved the move.