India, July 14 -- US President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated that his administration will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine amid Kyiv's conflict with Russia.

Trump declined to say how many air defence missiles he would send to Ukraine but said he would send some. He also added that Washington would not be paying for the weapons.

"We're not paying anything for them. But we will get them Patriots, which they desperately need," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on his way back to the White House.

This comes amid his previous stance of not sending weapons and aid to Ukraine as he pushed for a ceasefire in Kyiv's war with Moscow that has been raging for four years now.

Ukraine has said it needs the air d...