Patriot and Kinzhal.
— Victor vicktop55 (@vicktop55) May 17, 2023
According to Turkish sources, yesterday NATO held an emergency meeting on the state of air defense of the largest base hubs for Ukraine in Poland and Slovakia in light of the failure of the Patriot air defense system in the defense of Kyiv.
The situation… pic.twitter.com/8SzK49qmYq
WNU Editor: The official line is that the Patriot systems in Kyiv only sffered "minor damage" .... US officials say damage to Patriot missile defense system was minimal following Russian attack near Kyiv (CNN). More here .... Patriot missile system in Ukraine damaged but operational: US (France 24).
I do not know if the Patriot systems were damaged or destroyed, but I do know that since yesterday Ukrainians are now being warned/threatened to not post images or videos of Ukraine's air defense systems or how many missiles were launched during a barrage on social media.
Update: Good point. See tweet below.
30 US Patriot PAC-3 MSE launch at a cost of $5 million per missile. That’s $150 million gone within 2 mins. At the end the Patriot launch platforms were destroyed by Russian missiles. Why would any military still want to buy Patriot after this failure? pic.twitter.com/JiNr06y0Rt
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 16, 2023