CNN's Nic Robertson goes to the front lines in eastern Ukraine to see how Kyiv's troops are preparing for the country's much-anticipated counteroffensive
From CNN's Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann
Russia tried to destroy a US-made Patriot air defense system in Ukraine last week with a hypersonic missile, two US officials tell CNN. The Ukrainian air defenders fired multiple missiles from the Patriot at different angles to intercept the Russian missile, demonstrating they have quickly become adept at using the powerful system, one official said.
There are ways to camouflage those signals to some extent, officials said, but the Russian military was evidently able to figure out the rough location of the Patriot stationed outside of Kyiv. The interception took place on the night of May 4, Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said last weekend.that the Patriots would “definitely” be a legitimate target for Russian forces.
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