US approves deployment of additional Patriot missile system to Ukraine

The United States will send another $ Patriot #missile air defence system to #Ukraine in the coming days as the war-ravaged nation struggles to fend off Russian attacks on its cities and energy grid. The new #Patriot system would be at least the second that the US has sent to Ukraine. The Patriot, considered the United States’ best air-defence weapons, can shoot down incoming missiles before they hit their intended targets and is already used by Israel and Saudi and Emirati forces in Yemen. Read more: