The anti-aircraft missile systems, according to Kremlin spokesman Peskov, will become a “legitimate target” for the Russian armed forces.
Russia will destroy the advanced Patriot missile defense systems that the United States can supply to Ukraine. Of this during the briefing declared Press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.
In particular, journalists asked him to comment on what was reported by the media The United States and Ukraine are in the final stages of developing a strategy to send Patriot missile defense systems to Kiev.
According to Peskov, the information disseminated by foreign media is “an unreliable thing”. Against this background, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary urged to wait for official confirmation of sending Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine.
At the same time, Dmitry Peskov threatened that advanced missile defense systems would become a “legitimate target” for the Russian armed forces and be destroyed.
Note that such threats dubbed Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The deputy head of the Russian Security Council argued that Russian troops would destroy not only Patriot systems, but also the personnel of NATO countries serving advanced systems.
“If, as Stoltenberg hinted, NATO supplies the Kiev fanatics with Patriot complexes along with NATO personnel, they will immediately become a legitimate target of our armed forces. I hope the powerless from the Atlantic understand this,” Medvedev threatened earlier in response to the possible deployment of Patriot Missile Defense Systems to Ukraine.
It should be noted that on December 13, information appeared in the Western media about a possible sending Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine. According to CNN reporters, Kiev and Washington are finalizing the approval of documents that will allow the United States to supply modern weapons to the Armed Forces.
Retired US Army General Mark Hertling, in turn, said so APU soldiers will not be able to use Patriot missile defense systems immediately.
