According to the TV channel, the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, located in a residential area in Kiev, received “minimal” damage during the attack by a Russian hypersonic missile “Dagger”. CNN refers to an unnamed US official.
Officials said the system was working and that one of the main elements, the radar component, was not damaged. Authorities do not believe that the system will need to be taken out for repair.”
The source of the channel noted that the Pentagon sent an inspector to assess the condition of the anti-aircraft missile system.
Prior to that, a RIA Novosti source confirmed that the Russian MiG-31K fighter jet, acting from an air ambush, destroyed the American anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) Patriot in Kiev with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile.
Formerly Ukrainian Security Service delayed Six Ukrainian bloggers are suspected of posting a video of the rocket attack on Kiev on the night of May 16.