Making a statement after Russia announced that they had hit the US-made Patriot air defense system in the Ukrainian capital Kiev with a hypersonic “Kinjal” missile, a US official confirmed that a Patriot system was targeted in Ukraine.
The official stated that the system was slightly damaged, but was still operational.
Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov reported that they hit the US-made Patriot air defense system in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, with a hypersonic “Kinjal” missile.
US Department of Defense (Pentagon) Spokesperson Brigadier General Patrick Ryder announced on May 10 that the Ukrainian army had hit the Russian Kinjal hypersonic missile with the Patriot missile.