A shortage of defence systems means Western allies are struggling to meet increasingly urgent requests to protect Ukraine's skies from missile and drone attacks. Security and Defence Editor @haynesdeborah The UK will for the first time give Ukraine a number of powerful missiles to defend against Russian airstrikes, but it is not providing the weapons that launch them. Instead, the AMRAAM rockets - capable of shooting down cruise missiles - will help to arm air defence systems that will be given to Ukraine by the United States. A shortage of supply of these systems means Western allies, meeting this week in Brussels, are struggling to meet increasingly urgent requests from the government in Kyiv to protect Ukraine's skies from Russian missile and drone attacks. UN condemns 'attempted illegal annexation' - Ukraine war latest updates Asked by Sky News whether the failure of the West to give Ukraine more of these much-needed air defence systems faster was because of a lack of political wil