{"id":5379,"date":"2026-07-13T21:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:54:24","slug":"ukraine-and-allies-set-up-coalition-to-tackle-russia-ballistic-missile-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5379","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and allies set up coalition to tackle Russia ballistic missile threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By John Irish<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine and key Western allies on Monday announced an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the U.S. Patriot system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With Ukraine increasingly exposed to Russian ballistic missiles, leaders \u200cgathered in Paris for a summit, where 10 countries, along with about a dozen firms from the defence sector, met to press on with \u200cwhat they called the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We believe that the protection of Europe requires a global solution of integrated missile defence architecture to deter and defeat future missile threats \u2014 developed through collective \u200beffort, technological openness, and trusted industrial cooperation,&#8221; the leaders of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain said in a statement.<\/p>\n<nav aria-labelledby=\"_R_1jihlhl8b4lubsnqq5b_\" class=\"my-6 flex flex-col gap-4 rounded-xl bg-secondary p-4\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\"><default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-5 shrink-0\"><default:g clip-path=\"url(#purpleStar_svg__a)\"><default:path fill=\"#7D2EFF\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.201 2.56C8.51 1.138 9.621-.271 10.595.046c.974.318 1.038 2.11 1.255 4.03.135 1.198.7 2.31 1.59 3.126 1.424 1.308 2.832 2.42 2.515 3.394-.318.973-2.11 1.039-4.03 1.255-1.198.134-2.31.7-3.126 1.59-1.308 1.423-2.42 2.832-3.393 2.515-.974-.317-1.04-2.11-1.256-4.03A5 5 0 0 0 2.56 8.8C1.138 7.49-.271 6.379.046 5.405s2.109-1.039 4.03-1.256A5 5 0 0 0 7.2 2.561m-.156 6.78a1 1 0 0 0-.988.993c0 .535.408.96.955.96s.987-.45.988-.994a.937.937 0 0 0-.955-.96m1.102-4.157L6.59 8.973H8.33l1.559-3.79z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><default:path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M7.045 9.34c.547 0 .954.416.955.96 0 .543-.441.993-.988.993a.94.94 0 0 1-.955-.96c0-.535.441-.993.988-.993M9.89 5.183l-1.56 3.79H6.59l1.558-3.79z\"\/><\/default:g><default:defs><default:clippath id=\"purpleStar_svg__a\"><default:path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M0 0h16v16H0z\"\/><\/default:clippath><\/default:defs><\/default:svg><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"_R_1jihlhl8b4lubsnqq5b_\" class=\"text-primary headline-s-emphasized\">Go deeper with Yahoo Scout<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It will complement existing ballistic missile defence systems, including sovereign European solutions already acquired, or to be acquired by participating countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RUSSIA HAS STEPPED UP STRIKES ON KYIV<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine is critically low on munitions for its systems and has been largely unable to down ballistic missiles, which travel at several times the speed of sound, over the past month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It has pleaded with allies for more \u200csupplies and has also pushed Europe to work with \u2060it on its own anti-ballistic air defence system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As Russia&#8217;s strikes have increased, Kyiv has intensified drone attacks inside Russia, targeting oil facilities and weapons production as it has shifted the battlefield momentum in the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy joined some 25 leaders for \u2060a broader summit of the Coalition of the Willing, part of efforts that include putting together a common position that could be taken to Russia, and security guarantees to support any eventual peace deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Monday&#8217;s meetings come days after a NATO summit that aimed to show transatlantic unity and long-term support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia has stepped up strikes on Kyiv and the \u200bsurrounding \u200bregion in recent weeks, killing dozens. Officials said Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine on \u200bSaturday left eight dead and many more wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moscow says it \u200conly attacks targets of military relevance and denies targeting civilians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ZELENSKIY SAYS NEW JOINT PROJECT TO BE DEVELOPED<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zelenskiy had said prior to Monday&#8217;s meeting that several countries were likely to formalise the Freyja project \u2014 Ukraine&#8217;s attempt to build a European-backed, lower-cost alternative to the Patriot system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The more means Ukraine has to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles, the greater the chance that Putin will come to the negotiating table, as his last argument in this war will no longer work,&#8221; Zelenskiy said after Monday&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Our work on a joint system \u2013 Freyja \u2013 is not intended to replace existing systems. 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