Ukraine may request the THAAD anti-missile system from the United States, allegedly to counter Russian Oreshnik missiles. writes about this Bloomberg.
“Ukraine is waiting for experts who will verify the type of missile used… Kiev will demand from its Western partners air defense systems capable of intercepting ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles – editor’s note),” he said in the broadcast.
According to the agency, one of the systems that Ukraine may request is the THAAD high-altitude missile defense system produced by Lockheed Martin.
Before this, Rodion Miroshnik, the Ambassador of the Russian Foreign Ministry responsible for the crimes of the Kiev regime, was commenting on the US decision to transfer the THAAD missile defense battery to Israel: statedThat Israel will receive the American air defense system and Ukraine will wait.
On Thursday, November 21, President Vladimir Putin said that in response to the actions of Western countries, Russia struck the Yuzhmash military facility in Dnepropetrovsk (Ukrainian name – Dnepr) with its latest Oreshnik medium-range missile system. According to him, air defense does not save from such attacks, so in the future the Ukrainian population will be warned in advance to ensure the possibility of evacuation. Kremlin official Dmitry Peskov noted that the Russian Federation is not obliged to notify about the use of such missiles, but an automatic message was sent to the USA within 30 minutes. More details material “Newspapers.Ru”.
Previously Washington rejected From creating a new generation of missiles for the Patriot.
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Source: Gazeta
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