The Russian military has destroyed three launchers of the US Patriot air defence system in the zone of a special military operation, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
“Operative-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit three launchers of the US-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, a UAV control point, railway echelons with personnel and ammunition, concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 147 areas,” the Defence Ministry said.
Russian air defence forces also shot down an ATACMS operational-tactical missile, 14 HIMARS rockets and 61 drones, the defence ministry said.
Earlier, Reuters, citing industry sources, reported that the United States could not increase production of Patriot missiles at factories in Japan because of a shortage of Boeing’s homing heads.