Russia has said that its forces destroyed a U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system in Kyiv Monday night during an immense missile attack. The reportedly destroyed Patriot system was worth $1.1 billion.
Tuesday evening, it was announced by multiple U.S. defense officials and a top Biden administration official that the U.S. was working on a deal to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine. On Wednesday, the Kremlin responded to the announcement with Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, posting on his Telegram account (computer translation), “If, as Stoltenberg hinted, NATO supplies Kyiv fanatics with Patriot complexes along with NATO personnel, they will immediately become a legitimate target of our Armed Forces. I hope the Atlantean impotents understand this.”
Romanian President Klaus Ioannis stated that planned Patriot Missile System purchases are defensive in nature and do not pose a threat to Russia. He made the statement on the heels of Romania standing up a Aegis missile defense system in-country as well in recent years, which was said to protect…