Garbage collectors walk past a branch of OTP Bank in the city center on Februin Budapest, Hungary. One possibility is that debris from a falling missile damaged the Patriot components, but officials are examining other options as well. US officials are still assessing how exactly the Patriot components were damaged since it does not appear that any of the components sustained a direct hit from a Russian Kinzhal missile or other munition. The US sent inspectors to examine the system on Tuesday, after being told by the Ukrainians that the system appeared to have been damaged, one of the officials said. The damage was minimal, according to three other US officials, with one describing it as “minor.” The system remained functional throughout the attack and remains online, an official said.
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The Russian barrage -which consisted of hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles and other munitions - damaged the Patriot battery’s generator and part of the system’s electronics. Two components of a Patriot battery were damaged in a Russian attack Tuesday, but the system “was never offline," according to a US official familiar with the matter. Army MIM-104 Patriots, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system launchers, are pictured at Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Poland on March 24, 2022. The Russian barrage damaged the Patriot battery’s generator and part of the system’s electronics. Two components of a Patriot battery were damaged in a Russian attack Tuesday, but the system “was never offline," according to a US official familiar with the matter. But again, we have to deal with a question that is influencing and affecting decisively one of our main foreign policy objectives, which is to support Ukraine.”ĭamaged Patriot system components. A senior EU official said later Wednesday that it’s not for the EU “to decide what private banks do. A Hungarian official said Wednesday it would be very difficult for Hungary to join the European Union’s next round of sanctions against Russia after Ukraine blacklisted a Hungarian bank. The General Staff added that the situation had been quieter in another hotspot, around Avdiivka in Donetsk and that Russian forces in occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia had continued to shell settlements in the area, striking more than 20 places over the last day.
Meanwhile, according to the General Staff, the Russians are continuing to try to improve their “tactical situation” in the Kharkiv region's Kupyansk sector - where there had been unsuccessful offensives close to the Oskil River and heavy shelling of Ukrainian-held areas.
Videos emerging from the city show intense shelling and heavy destruction in the western part of Bakhmut, the last area where Ukrainian forces have a presence. Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner private military company, said his fighters have advanced 260 meters in Bakhmut. Ukraine's forces are holding on to substantial areas around Bakhmut that it claims to have taken back from Russian troops, according to Maliar. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar acknowledged that both Ukrainian and Russian troops have made advancements in the embattled city. Heavy fighting continues in the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut, a Ukrainian military official said.
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