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Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz identified air defense as Ukraine's biggest weakness and said Berlin is working with partners to secure more equipment before a difficult winter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced new packages including a NASAMS system and missiles from the US and Norway, additional missiles from France and Germany, and an agreement with Belgium to transfer three F-16 fighter jets by year-end. Ukraine's Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara inspected Air Force command posts in Kyiv Oblast to review the capital's layered air defenses and urged the EU not to wait until 2027 to release defense funding.