EU ministers warned not to relax support for Ukraine amid requests for air defence aid

Member states warned at meeting not to be complacent but ministers stop short of pledging Patriot missiles

EU ministers have been warned against relaxing" support for Ukraine but stopped short of new pledges to supply air defence systems Kyiv is urgently seeking to defend itself against relentless Russian bombardment.

The Ukrainian government has said it is running out of US-made Patriot air defence missiles as Russia intensifies attacks on infrastructure and cities.