"Patriot" air defense system will not help Ukraine in the fight against Russian cruise missiles.
Ednews reports that this was said by John Kirby, the White House's Strategic Communications Coordinator.
The Patriot system is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles, it is not effective against cruise missiles. At the same time, it will not be effective for drones," Kirby said.
He added that it is not surprising that Ukraine's ability to capture hypersonic missiles is limited:
In general, it is very difficult to prevent hypersonic missiles."