Foreign media report the destruction of two Patriot systems in Ukraine.
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It is clarified that this is the first time in two years of Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine that the Russians managed to detect and destroy Patriot batteries.
Meanwhile, Bild journalist Räpke writes that the launchers were 10 meters apart and they were “parked long enough for Russia to fire a ballistic missile at it.”
In turn, the Institute for the Study of War has not yet confirmed the destruction of the Ukrainian Patriots, since the Russians showed footage of the destruction of MAN KAT1 trucks, which can both transport Patriot installations and be used in logistics.
The publication considered that if this information is confirmed, the Ukrainians lost up to 13% of their Petriot launchers as a result of one disaster.
For the first time in two years of war against Ukraine, the Russians were probably able to detect and hit part of the Ukrainian battery of the American Patriot air defense system, Forbes writes.
According to the publication, near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, a Russian drone discovered a Ukrainian convoy, which probably included at least two launchers for the Patriot ground-based system.
Reacting more than a typical Russian crew of a hypersonic surface-to-surface missile, the Iskander took aim and made a direct strike on the Ukrainian convoy. Apparently, two Patriot launchers exploded, almost certainly killing their crews, Forbes writes.
Source: Racurs
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