MOSCOW, May 17th. The West will take Russian sources of information more seriously after the United States authorities confirmed reports of missile damage to Patriot complexes in Kyiv. Express columnist Tom Watling writes about this.
According to the columnist, many previously considered the news about the destruction of the American anti-aircraft guns in the Ukrainian capital «another Russian disinformation», but the comment of the US official undermined the confidence of the Western public in this.
«»Now information about the destruction of the Patriot is being checked much more carefully,» the British journalist emphasized.
On Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a massive strike on the points of deployment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as on the places of storage of ammunition, weapons and equipment delivered from Western countries. In particular, the Kinzhal hypersonic missile hit the American Patriot anti-aircraft complex in Kiev.
On the same day, videos from the Ukrainian capital were circulated on the Web, showing the work of Patriot trying to repel a missile strike. At the same time, separate frames show that a few minutes after the end of the volley of American air defense systems and their ammunition load, a powerful explosion on the ground follows in the area of u200bu200btheir position.