Ukraine said its military used the Patriot missile defense system to down a Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile over Kyiv this month.
Ivan Kirichevskiy, an expert at military media and consulting company Defense Express, weighed in on Kyiv's use of the advanced missile system in an interview with Ukraine's Radio NV. Ukrainian Presidenty had been requesting the crucial defense system for months before it finally arrived.
An American soldier stands guard at a Patriot missile site in Saudi Arabia. Washington agreed in October 2022 to send Kyiv the Patriot missile systems.Ukraine now has two of the air defense systems set up in the country.
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