The Pentagon is preparing to send the Patriot missile system to Ukraine, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday, a move that would provide the government in Kyiv with the most advanced air defense weapon in the American arsenal as Russia carries out an unrelenting assault on the country’s electrical grid.
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Pentagon preparing to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine
Amid Russian bombardment of the energy grid, the U.S. is set to provide its most advanced air defense system
By Dan Lamothe
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Updated December 13, 2022 at 11:19 p.m. EST|Published December 13, 2022 at 2:18 p.m. EST