Ukraine steps up drone attacks on Russia

It's incredible to see footage of that technology at work. And also, Aidan, this week, we discussed, heading into the NATO summit, President Trump being asked by Ukraine for Patriot defense missiles. And I understand now President Trump says the country will get at least a production license to help make them. Help us understand what that means and how helpful that may be for Kyiv. Bear with me for a second here because now we're getting into the weeds of some of how this technology works. But as you said, what we're talking about is Patriot air defense. They shoot American-made missile interceptors out of these systems to try and hit Russian ballistic missiles that are heading down towards Ukrainian cities. And there's been global shortages of these missile interceptors for months now. And so what Ukraine has asked for is the right to manufacture these interceptors on their own here in Ukraine. And President Trump said that he supports this and that he'll give Ukraine a license to do this. What experts have pointed out to me and you'll no doubt see on media platforms everywhere is that it will take a long time for countries to develop these specific types of technology on their own. Germany received a similar license, and it took them three years to develop a successful program. But the other thing that I'll point out is that pretty much every conversation I've had with Ukrainian officials over the last six months, the top priority has been receiving a license to manufacture these Patriots. And so I do think you also have to ask the question, why would they be asking for the right to do this if they didn't think that they could really develop a successful defense here against these missiles, which have been taking so many Ukrainian lives recently?

Important to know that they did get something they've been pushing for for a long time. Aidan Stretch live for us in Kyiv. Aidan, thank you very much.