The anti-aircraft missile company of the German Wehrmacht demonstrates the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system at the Schweitzing military airfield.

(Associated Press file photo)

[Compilation Guan Shuping/Comprehensive Report] The Pentagon of the United States announced as soon as this week that it will provide Ukraine's Patriot missile air defense system to strengthen Ukraine's ability to resist Russian missile attacks.

The aid would satisfy one of Uzbekistan's largest and most frequently proposed military aid programs to Washington.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov retorted on the 14th that the Patriot missile defense system deployed in Ukraine will be the target of Russia's attack.

Training Ukrainian troops at US military base in Germany

A senior U.S. official revealed on the 13th that the plan for military aid to Ukraine, the most advanced air defense weapon system, is expected to be approved by President Biden soon. Grafenweg U.S. military base has been trained to operate the system.

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Since the Ukrainian-Russian War started in February, the Biden administration has been refusing to provide specific long-range missiles, fighter jets, tanks and other advanced weapons, in order to avoid being interpreted by Russia as the U.S. being more deeply involved in the war. , and the maintenance and operation of these advanced weapon systems are complex.

But top U.S. officials said the White House's National Security Council had changed its tune in recent weeks as Russia ramped up its attacks, particularly its continued targeting of Ukraine's power grid, and Russia's increased defense cooperation with Iran.

A Patriot missile system includes a radar system for detecting and tracking incoming objects, computers, power generation equipment, and an engagement control station, as well as up to eight launchers, each equipped with four to sixteen missiles. Ninety people are restricted, but once deployed, a minimum of three can operate the launch.

Previously, the United States has provided two sets of short-to-medium-range surface-to-air missile systems "National Advanced Air Defense System" (NASAMS), and signed a US$1.2 billion contract to produce and supply another six sets of NASAMS to Uzbekistan in the next two years. Ukraine's air defense capabilities.

Former Russian president and current vice chairman of the Federal Security Council Medvedev has warned that Russia will regard NATO's assistance to Uzbekistan's Patriot missile system as an escalation.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on the 14th that in the past 24 hours, Russia has fired 11 missiles and multiple rocket launchers over 60 times at Kharkov, Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions attack.

Kyiv shoots down 13 drones

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that thirteen Iranian-made drones invaded the airspace of the capital Kyiv and surrounding areas in the early morning of the 14th, and all were shot down by the Ukrainian air defense system; five government and civilian buildings in Kyiv were damaged, but there were no casualties .

Kherson in the south was also hit by multiple rocket launchers, and a government building was hit with a lot of smoke.

About 70 countries and organizations held an international conference on aiding Ukraine in Paris on the 13th, promising to provide one billion euros to assist Ukraine in maintaining water, electricity, energy, food, medicine, health care, and transportation to survive this cold winter.