A senior US official said the leadership of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (APU) could deploy American Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) after one of them was blown up by a hypersonic Dagger missile. He said this in an interview with a British newspaper. To express.
It was noted that this decision could be taken to reduce the possibility of Patriot being damaged by Russian attacks in the future.
According to the Express, the official expects Washington and its European allies to send more Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine in the near future.
Colonel Douglas McGregor, former adviser to the Pentagon president, said the US military could do it. incur losses in manpower when a Russian missile hit the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in Kiev.
On May 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the attack of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system in Kiev took place. It was destroyed Five installations of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system and a multifunctional radar station.
The American television channel CNN is referring to an official. transmittedA Patriot stationed in a residential area in Kiev received “minimal” damage from a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile attack.