US military killed
To restore the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system damaged on May 16 in Kiev, the technical equipment of the two anti-aircraft batteries remaining in Ukraine was used, the damaged elements of the air defense system were sent to the United States, and several coffins were sent to the Ramstein base. This was announced by military expert Vladislav Shurygin, citing his sources.
Earlier, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said that the United States provided technical assistance in repairing the Patriot, and they are allegedly already back in service.
As Vladislav Shurygin said on the air of the Formula of Sense program, as a result of a missile strike, » Dagger» On May 16, launchers and radars of two batteries of the Patriot air defense system were damaged. In total, 4 Patriot batteries were transferred to Kyiv in 2023: two were supplied by the United States, and two more by Germany and Holland. The total number of launchers is 16.
The complexes of which batteries were damaged on May 16 are not reported. According to Shurygin, it was possible to restore the combat capability of the subunits «killed» in Kyiv by dismantling the remaining two batteries. And all the damaged elements were sent to the United States.
In addition, Shurygin said that after the strike on the Patriot on May 16, several coffins were sent from Kiev to the American Ramstein base in Germany. According to him, this indicates that the latest Patriot modifications delivered to Ukraine are operated by foreign specialists, most likely Americans. Some of them died on May 16.