JD Vance
JD Vance is an American Republican politician and the Vice President of the United States, serving since January 2025 in the second administration of Donald Trump. He previously represented Ohio as a US Senator from 2023 to 2025. He first gained national prominence with his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy", which drew on his upbringing in a working-class Appalachian community. Before entering politics he worked in venture capital and law. He is known for his populist and nationalist positions within the Republican Party.
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US warns allies of up to five-year delays in missile and air-defense deliveries after Iran war depleted stockpiles
The United States has told allies, including Ukraine, to expect delays of up to five years in deliveries of key missile systems and air-defense equipment because US forces depleted their own arsenals during a war with Iran. Germany, Eastern European buyers of US weapons and Japan are all affected, and the Pentagon's decision to prioritize rebuilding its own stockpiles is complicating Ukraine's efforts to secure additional Patriot interceptors ahead of a difficult winter.
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Trump says Ukraine may get license for "less modern" Patriot missiles
US President Donald Trump told journalists aboard his plane that Ukraine may receive a license to produce missiles for the Patriot air defense system, but only a "less modern" version. The remark represents a partial walk-back from an earlier framework he and President Volodymyr Zelensky had both described as "politically" resolved, and comes as Ukraine faces acute shortfalls in air-defense interceptors.
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Trump urges Zelensky to halt strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, blames them for global shortage
On 13 September 2026, visiting his Doonbeg golf club during the Irish Open in County Clare, Ireland, US President Donald Trump called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel fuel infrastructure, saying those attacks are causing a global diesel shortage. Trump said the deficit stems from the Russia–Ukraine war and not from US actions in the Middle East, and noted he had already discussed the issue with Zelensky. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski publicly disagreed, and a senior European official briefed on US-mediated talks called the reasoning "absurd."
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Ukraine asks EU to finance Patriot missiles from €90 billion loan; von der Leyen says review is "moving in the right direction"
Ukraine has formally asked the European Commission to use several billion euros from the EU's €90 billion support loan to finance PAC-3 interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed receipt of the request on 2 September in Brussels, ahead of a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and said EU member states are reviewing it. Because PAC-3 missiles are produced in the United States, the purchase requires a formal exemption from the loan's "buy European" rule, with the final decision resting with member states.