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According to Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, the Patriot Division Commander...

The Armed Forces of the Armed Forces have shown how US Patriot is protecting the Ukrainian sky (video)

According to Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, the Patriot Division Commander allowed him to test a system that can even knock down the ballistic missiles of the Russian Federation. In April 2023, the American anti-aircraft missile complex Patriot was on combat duty in Ukraine. This was stated by the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk in his Telegram. According to him, he also managed to protest this complex.

"Modern Western technology has its own peculiarities, but our defenders of the sky quickly master it, and are ready to destroy the Russian occupier!" Oleshchuk wrote. He also thanked the Western partners for the fact that Ukraine's airs forces were able to get a system that allows the Ballistic missiles of the Russian Federation. Oleshchuk demonstrated footage showing Patriot on combat duty. The video states that US installations have been in Ukraine much earlier than the predictable time.

We will remind that Oleshchuk for the first time reported that Patriot SCR is already carrying combat duty in Ukraine on April 21. He noted that in fact the Ukrainian army, though not large, but already in service with Western anti-aircraft systems, such as NASAMS, Iris-T, Patriot, Samp/T, Crotale, Gepard and others. Also, on April 26, a spokesman for the Armed Forces Command Yuri Ignat told whether Patriot should be knocked down C-300 missiles.