Washington DC –
Patriot artificial missile defense system United States of America (USA) which is in Ukraine assessed possible damaged, but not destroyed, due to the barrage of missile attacks Russia in and around the capital city of Kiev on Tuesday (16/5) morning local time.
As reported CNN, Wednesday (17/5/2023), this was conveyed by a US official who declined to be named. The US official told CNN that Washington is still assessing how much damage was done to Patriot missile defense system That.
The assessment will determine whether the air defense system needs to be fully withdrawn or can be repaired on site by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense in a Telegram statement on Tuesday (16/5) local time claimed that “a high-precision attack by the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system on the city of Kiev hit a US-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system”.
A spokesman for the US National Security Council declined to comment and requested CNN to ask the Ukrainian government about it.
In a separate statement, Kiev officials said their country had successfully shot down all six of the hypersonic missiles fired by Russia. But the Ukrainian military declined to comment when asked to comment on Moscow’s claim that a Patriot missile system was hit by them.
“We cannot comment on this. We will not comment on Russian sources,” said Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat.
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2023-05-17 08:53:12
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