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Putin thwarted Zelenskyy’s plan to provoke a war with Russia by sending the Kinzhal missile defense system

May 18, 2023

The Chinese edition of Sohu reported that Vladimir Putin is frustrating the plans of the new president of Ukraine to attack Russia with American Patriot missile systems.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy was delighted with the first delivery of Patriot missiles, which he says would give Ukraine an edge in any conflict with Russia, experts say.

However, the destruction of an American-made hypersonic air defense system by Kinzhal ruined the plans of both Ukraine and America.

On May 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system struck and destroyed a multifunctional radar station in Kiev, as well as five American-made missile launchers. MK .

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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