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Urusi ilibugi sana kwa kushindwa kutekeleza malengo ya kuiteka Kyev pale mwanzo, sasa kinachofata ni aibu tupu maana tayari wamekwama Bakhmut, wameshindwa kuteka hako kamji licha ya kupoteza wanajeshi kama senene humo, sasa Ukraine wapo kwenye maandalizi ya kuirejesha ardhi yao....
The Patriot system is considered to be extremely advanced© Axel Heimken/dpa/picture alliance
The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Meanwhile, Ukraine says an overnight Russian drone attack hit the southern port city of Odesa. DW has the latest.
Ukraine has received its first Patriot defense system, delivered by Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday.
The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and its considered one of the most advanced defense systems developed by the US.
"Today, our beautiful Ukrainian sky becomes more secure because Patriot air defence systems have arrived in Ukraine," Reznikov wrote on Twitter, adding that Germany, the US and the Netherlands "kept their word."
The US and Germany each agreed to provide Kyiv with one of the systems. The Netherlands has also pledged to provide missiles and parts.
German press agency dpa cited a German military source as saying that Ukrainian soldiers received training by Germany and the US in a NATO country where joint drills were held.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to find an "antidote" to the air defense system.
Here are some of the other notable developments concerning Russia's war in Ukraine on Wednesday, April 19:
The Patriot system is considered to be extremely advanced© Axel Heimken/dpa/picture alliance
The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Meanwhile, Ukraine says an overnight Russian drone attack hit the southern port city of Odesa. DW has the latest.
Ukraine has received its first Patriot defense system, delivered by Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday.
The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and its considered one of the most advanced defense systems developed by the US.
"Today, our beautiful Ukrainian sky becomes more secure because Patriot air defence systems have arrived in Ukraine," Reznikov wrote on Twitter, adding that Germany, the US and the Netherlands "kept their word."
The US and Germany each agreed to provide Kyiv with one of the systems. The Netherlands has also pledged to provide missiles and parts.
German press agency dpa cited a German military source as saying that Ukrainian soldiers received training by Germany and the US in a NATO country where joint drills were held.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to find an "antidote" to the air defense system.
Here are some of the other notable developments concerning Russia's war in Ukraine on Wednesday, April 19: