★ Vladimir Putin ★

[Rus]

Exclusive: US finalizing plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine​

CNN —
The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official.

Deployment concerns​

A Patriot battery can need as many as 90 troops to operate and maintain it, and for months the US was reluctant to provide the complex system because sending forces into Ukraine to operate it is a non-starter for the Biden administration.
But there were also concerns that deployment of the system would provoke Russia, or risk that a missile fired could end up hitting inside Russia, which could further escalate the conflict. According to officials, the urgent pleadings of Ukrainian leaders and the devastating destruction of the country’s civilian infrastructure, including loss of electricity and heat as winter drags on, ultimately overcame US reservations about supplying the Patriots.

Patriot cost​

Over the years the Patriot system and missiles have been continually modified. The current interceptor missile for the Patriot system costs approximately $4m per round and the launchers cost about $10m each, CSIS reported in its July missile defence report. At that price, it’s not cost effective or optimal to use the Patriot to shoot down the far smaller and dramatically cheaper Iranian drones that Russia has been buying and using in Ukraine.
“Firing a million-dollar missile at a $50,000 drone is a losing proposition,” said Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Corps reserves colonel and senior adviser at CSIS.

Russia is attacking Ukraine unjustifiably they said but none dares to fire a single missile into Russia
That's how great he is

 

[Patriotmissile]

Patriot missile will send pubo kia to Holland.

 

[Rus]

Russia has transformed itself into a guerrilla
Sporadic missiles launching targeting at power plants
and water catchment areas will drive the Ukrainians nuts
There is no need to conquer or own any part of Ukraine
which is quiet costly to protect.
Zelensky needs to repair what Putin damaged
What can the rest of the 'superpowers' or United Nations do?

 

[oliverlee]

He put citizens first. CAQ put foreigners first.

CAQ puts money first. Foreigners and locals are just pawns

 

[Rus]

Russia is not at war with Ukraine, she is merely teaching Zelensky a lesson for obeying or being used by the West and US
All the comedian needs is to promise Putin, Ukraine will never join NATO or even think about it now or in the future
The price for not delivering the promise is very expensive.

Some 140,000 residential buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.
Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, said this in an interview with Ukraine's FREEDOM TV channel, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.


"You can see the extent of destruction. Only one figure - 140,000 residential buildings destroyed. This is only data on residential buildings, not to mention the infrastructure," she said.


Vereshchuk turned to Ukraine's international partners and "those who decide how much money, in what way and when to transfer to Ukraine for support."

"Unfortunately, we are dying on our own land - we pay for principles and values with the blood and lives of our civilians. You are preparing for a cold war, a cold winter, and this will also be part of your war. Let's unite our efforts, let's not stop the dynamics, let's talk about only increasing [aid to Ukraine]. […] And this will only save us all from a larger-scale war on all continents," the official said.