US-made Patriot guided missile systems arrive in Ukraine, officials say

US-made Patriot guided missile systems arrive in Ukraine, officials say
A Patriot surface-to-air missile battery (AP)

Ukraine’s defence minister said his country has received the US-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile systems it has long craved, and which Kyiv hopes will help shield it from Russian strikes during the war.

Oleksii Reznikov said in a tweet: “Today, our beautiful Ukrainian sky becomes more secure because Patriot air defence systems have arrived in Ukraine.”

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