Russia destroys Patriot missile launchers in Kiev, Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine

Several explosions resounded at dawn Thursday in Kiev and other Ukrainian regions, as the authorities appealed to the population to take shelter in safe shelters, according to what the Ukrainian military administration announced.

And according to official websites, warnings of air strikes were issued throughout the Ukrainian territory in the early hours of Thursday morning.

“Falling debris was recorded in the Darnitsky district of the capital. Data on casualties and damage is being verified,” said Sergey Popko, head of the Civil and Military Administration in Kiev, via Telegram.

In turn, the Ukrainian army announced that the Vinnytsia region in the center of the country was being attacked by “cruise missiles,” noting that it had issued warnings to residents throughout the country of the danger of air strikes.

This comes a few hours after the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had been completed Destroy five Patriot missile launchers In Kiev on the sixteenth of May.

And the Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that, according to confirmed and reliable data, as a result of the air strike with the hypersonic “Kinjal” missile, the multifunctional radar station of the system was hit and destroyed, in addition to five American-made “Patriot” missile launchers.

It is noteworthy that the Ukrainian army currently possesses two “Patriot” systems; One of these was supplied by the United States to Kiev, the second by Germany and the Netherlands; The value of one system is about one billion dollars, and the value of each missile is about 3-4 million dollars.

Patriot system damaged

On the other hand, a US defense official said that the high-tech Patriot air defense system provided to Ukraine was damaged during a Russian missile attack on Kiev, but it is still operational.

He pointed out that Washington is currently working on assessing the possible damage to the air defense system, refusing to give more details, according to what was published by the “Wall Street Journal”.

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