Moscow Claims It Destroyed A Patriot Missile Battery In Kyiv. U.S. Confirms Damage To Patriot Defense System in Kyiv Attack

RT: Patriot missile base in Kiev destroyed by hypersonic strike – Moscow

The air defense system was hit by a Kinzhal rocket, the Russian Defense Ministry has said

A precision strike by a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile has destroyed a Patriot air defense system in Kiev, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian government previously claimed that Kinzhal missiles had been intercepted by the US-made weapons platform.

The Russian military did not provide further details about the strike, which was the first time Moscow claimed to have hit the long-range system supplied to Ukraine by its Western backers.

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WNU Editor: My Ukraine sources tell me that this Patriot battery was destroyed. These claims are now being backed-up by numerous videos on Ukraine social media showing (from a distance) a Patriot missile system firing a barrage of missiles that lasted for about two minutes. This was then quickly followed by explosions happening on the ground from where the missiles were launched (see video on tweet below).

I counted 30 Patriot PAC-3 MSE launches here.

The FY2024 costs of these per missile is about $$5,275,000

That was $158,250,000 fired in about two minutes. And as we see, the battery or something else likely got blown up. So it failed in its mission. pic.twitter.com/9rwPnHkNGu
— Fennec_Radar (@RadarFennec) May 16, 2023

Moscow Claims It Destroyed A Patriot Missile Base In Kyiv. U.S. Confirms Damage To Patriot Defense System in Kyiv Attack

Russia’s Kinzhal Missile Destroys Patriot System in Kiev -- Sputnik

Patriot missile defense system in Ukraine likely damaged -US sources -- Reuters

U.S. Officials Confirm Damage to Patriot Defense System in Kyiv Attack -- New York Times

U.S. Assesses Potential Damage to Patriot Missile System During Russian Strike on Kyiv -- WSJ

Russia claims it 'destroyed' $1.1bn US air defence system in major attack on Kyiv -- Telegraph

A US-made Patriot system was likely damaged in an 'intense' missile attack in Ukraine involving Russia's Kinzhal, US official says -- Business Insider

Russia Hits Hi-Tech Patriot Missile System In Ukraine; US Assessing Damage -- IBTimes

Russia Says It Took Out US-Supplied Patriot Missile In Hypersonic Strike On Kiev -- Zero Hedge

US assessing potential damage of Patriot missile defense system following Russian attack near Kyiv -- CNN

Russia likely damaged US-made Patriot missile battery – CNN -- RT

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