He shot down the first Russian Kindler over Kiev. Dmytro “he couldn't even imagine that he would do it”

Ukrainian Air Force published a recording with the Operator of the Anti -Air and missile Patriot Defense System, which two years ago over Kiev shot down the first Russian hypersonic Kindżal missile. “We thought it was an ordinary spark,” says Dmytro on the recording.

May 4, 2023, over a year after the outbreak of Russia's armed invasion of UkraineUkrainian defense shot down the first Russian hypersonic Kindżal missile over the Kiev stadium. The rocket has been knocked down thanks to the Patriot anti -aircraft and anti -cancerous defense system.

Kindżał was then launched from the MiG-31K fighter from Russia. A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force Yuri Ihnat in earlier conversations with journalists emphasized that Ukrainian anti -aircraft defense is not able to reach Kindżals, supersonic rockets, covering the range of all Ukraine and moving at speeds several times greater than the speed of sound. The situation changed after the transfer of Ukraine by Ukraine USA Patriot systems.

“It turned out that everything can be shot down”

– We thought it was an ordinary spark (ballistic missile – ed.) – recalled Dmytro, Patriot system operator. Ukrainian Air Force published a recording with his participation on the occasion of the second anniversary of shooting down the first Kindżała over Kiev.

– Only when fragments of a downed rocket were found, we learned that it was a Kindżał. Everyone was happy, congratulated each other – said Dmytro.

In 2018, the Russian leader Vladimir Putinafter tests of the new hypersonic weapon, he stated that the shooting of the bullet Kindżal “will not be possible”.

“It turned out that everything could be shot down,” said Dmytro and added that he, “an ordinary programmer who enlisted to the army after Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine, he could not even imagine that he would do it.”

How many patriots need Ukraine

The media in Kiev, citing the findings of the New York Times, said that Ukraine currently has eight Patriot systems that are capable of capturing Russian ballistic missiles and Knights. The ninth Patriot system is to be sent to Kiev from Israel. German authorities and Greece They were also to declare that they would pass on the Ukrainian forces one Patriot system.

Last year the president Wołodymyr Zelanski He stated that at least 25 Patriot systems are needed to fully protect the sky over Ukraine – noted the Ukrainian NV portal.