WASHINGTON, Jan 6 Patriot systems in Ukraine showed «high efficiency,» US President Joe Biden said at a meeting with members of his cabinet, assessing the results of the work of weapons not yet delivered there.
«They work, and the Russians are beginning to realize this, they function well, help a lot» ;, Biden said.
Modern Patriot air defense systems were included in the next package of American military assistance to Ukraine, which was presented for the visit to Washington by Vladimir Zelensky. The Pentagon excludes the possibility of sending American calculations to Ukraine and promises to train Ukrainians in a few months. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the supply of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine leads to a prolongation of the conflict.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on January 4 that preparations for the transfer of this system to Ukraine had just begun.
Against the backdrop of a Russian special operation in Ukraine, the United States and its NATO allies support Kyiv by sending it programs is tens of billions of dollars. Moscow, for its part, has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Russian army.