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1. U.S: NO, THE RUSSIANS DID NOT DESTROY THE PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IN KIYV || 2023
Warthog Defense
533K subscribers
May 15, 2023 7:00 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zylCttp2tE

2. Russian soldiers forced into surrender ‘after oversleeping’ in trenches
The Sun
3.97M subscribers
May 16, 2023 7:00 a.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvsmT3i15js

MOMENT Russian soldiers forced into surrender ‘after oversleeping’ in trenches and getting caught by Ukrainian ground forces. This footage was released by the 72nd Mechanised Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, and appears to show a number of Russian troops being captured.

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ARTICLE Ukraine says it shot down 6 of the high-powered Kinzhal missiles that Russia boasted were unstoppable Mia Jankowicz May 16, 2023, 6:29 AM EDT https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-says-shot-down-6-unstoppable-russia-kinzhal-missiles-2023-5 -Ukraine says it shot down six of Russia's "unstoppable" Kinzhal missiles over Kyiv early Tuesday. -In total, a barrage of 18 missiles were intercepted from land, sea and air, officials claimed. -The Kremlin has long made swaggering claims about the Kinzhal, which experts doubt. Ukraine says it has shot down an unprecedented six Russian Kinzhal missiles over Kyiv early Tuesday, amid a fierce bombardment from land, sea and air. Officials said on Tuesday that air defenses had repelled an intense array of missiles and drones overnight in a startling defense against the Kinzhal, a weapon that Putin has touted as unstoppable. The Kinzhal is capable of carrying a nuclear payload, but in the conflict so far has delivered powerful conventional strikes on Ukrainian targets instead. The claimed feat comes days after Ukraine said it took down a single Kinzhal for the first time, using the Patriot missile-defense system it was recently given by the US. According to the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's army, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, six Russian MiG-31K jets launched the Kinzhal missiles overnight. He said a further nine Kalibr cruise missiles were shot down after being launched from the Black Sea, as well as three land-based S-400, Iskander-M missiles, in a post that was echoed by Ukraine's Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk. An unspecified number of Iranian-made exploding drones were also repelled, the commanders said. <> "It was exceptional in its density — the maximum number of attack missiles in the shortest period of time," said Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, of the barrage, per The Telegraph's translation. He said the vast majority of airborne targets had been taken down. Insider was unable to verify the tally. Russian state-media outlet TASS made little mention of the attack as of Tuesday morning, other than a brief account of eyewitness reports of explosions over Kyiv and the city's air defenses being deployed. Debris from the attack struck some cars and a forest area, and a fire broke out in a non-residential building, Popko said. Russia has long called the Kinzhal an unstoppable hypersonic weapon, but analysts have said that those claims are overblown, as Insider's Ryan Pickrell reported. In December, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Valery Gerasimov said that the missile is "invulnerable to air defense capabilities deployed in Ukraine," as TASS reported. But this was before the US-provided Patriot missiles arrived in Ukraine. While it's still a distinct threat, experts have questioned the weapon's "hypersonic" tag, because it can't maintain such speeds throughout its entire trajectory. UPDATED INFO: AFU General Staff clarified number of Russian missiles shot down during night attack: 25 out of 25 Censor.NET 16.05.23 21:09 https://censor.net/en/news/3418835/afu_general_staff_clarified_number_of_russian_missiles_shot_down_during_night_attack_25_out_of_25 According to updated information, the enemy used 25 missiles of various types during a nighttime missile attack on Ukraine. This is stated in information of AFU General Staff, reports Censor.NЕТ. "According to the updated information, the enemy used 6 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, 9 Kalibr cruise missiles and 10 ground-launched missiles (S-400, Iskander-M) to launch the missile strikes, all of which were destroyed by our defenders," the General Staff said. The occupants used 2 more S-300 missiles against the civilian infrastructure of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. In total, the enemy launched 27 missile and 37 air strikes over the last day, firing about 20 times from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian troops' positions and localities. Civilian infrastructure was destroyed. In particular, the shelling of Dvorichna, Vovchansk and Tyshchenkivka in Kharkiv region resulted in civilian casualties and injuries, as well as the destruction of private homes, a hospital and other civilian infrastructure. As reported earlier, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 18 of the 18 enemy missiles. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3418835

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VIDEO UPDATE

Russia claims it hit a US-made Patriot air defense system
CNN
15M subscribers
5-16-2023 2:30 P.M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nvL-QCrSZE

*** Ukraine currently has two Patriot air defense systems in country, one donated by the US and the other donated jointly by Germany and the Netherlands. It is unclear which of those systems was potentially damaged, but taking one out of commission – even for a short period – could affect Ukraine’s ability to defend Kyiv amid intensifying Russian missile attacks.

Russia has targeted the Patriot systems with hypersonic missiles before, US officials told CNN last week, including once on May 4. That attack failed, and Ukrainians successfully intercepted the missile before it could hit the Patriot, the officials said.

After extensive lobbying by the Ukrainians to provide them with the sophisticated air defense system, the US spent 10 weeks training Ukrainian troops on how to maintain and operate it. US and western officials were pleasantly surprised by how quickly the Ukrainians learned how to operate the Patriots, which arrived in Ukraine last month.

Another US official said it is possible that the missile barrage hit one of the Patriot battery’s several components. A complete Patriot battery has six major components: generators, a radar set, a control station, antennas, a launcher station and interceptor missiles. The components operate together to fire a Patriot missile and successfully guide it to its target.

** The “system” consists of twelve vehicles spread out over a large area [I read 40 miles.]
If the Russians hit anything, it would be one component ... maybe one of the launchers but based on Russia’s history of truthfulness, they likely hit a children’s hospital, instead.