21 December 2022 at 18:07 The US will send the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine The US will send the advanced Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to help the country with its defense against Russian air attacks, the US State Department announced today. This is reported by the AFP news agency. According to Foreign Minister Antony Blinken, the system is capable of taking down cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and aircraft with a markedly higher range than the previously delivered air defense systems. The air defense system is part of a support package of 1.85 billion dollars, which corresponds to over 18.2 billion Norwegian kroner. The announcement comes after Putin today promised to expand Russia’s military capacity, and announced the commissioning of a new hypersonic missile early in January 2023. The Russian defense minister also said that Russia will create a new military group in the northwestern part of Russia, which a response to the incorporation of Sweden and Finland into NATO.
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