MOSCOW, May 11. The American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system could not shoot down the Russian Kinzhal missile due to its technical characteristics, a senior source in the Ministry of Defense said .
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» The fact is that the speed of the «Dagger» missile exceeds the limiting combat modes of anti-aircraft missile systems supplied by the West to the Kiev regime, including Patriot,» the source said.
approaching the target, which excludes the possibility of its interception by anti-aircraft missile systems.
He called the statements about the downed hypersonic missile a stuffing and stressed that this was «an attempt to wishful thinking.»
Earlier, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a briefing that Ukraine allegedly shot down a Russian Kinzhal missile using the Patriot missile defense system transferred to it.