Russia’s Defense Ministry denies responsibility for damaging the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex and instead attributes the incident to a possible malfunction involving a US-made Patriot air-defense missile. In statements accompanying reports of a large overnight strike across Ukraine, Moscow says it did not carry out the strike that affected the monastery. Both accounts describe the same position: Russia claims the missile involved in the episode may have fired incorrectly. According to the ministry, one possible reason is that Western countries supplied Kyiv with Patriot missiles whose service life had expired. The ministry points to the expiration dates of the missiles as a factor that could lead to incorrect operation. Other details about the overall overnight strike and the specific targeting elements are referenced, but the core claim across sources is that Russia contests the allegation of direct involvement and offers a technical explanation centered on the reliability of supplied Patriot munitions. The reports reflect Russia’s official explanation and do not confirm independently the cause of the damage.
Russia denies striking Kyiv monastery, cites alleged Patriot missile malfunction
Russia’s Defense Ministry denies responsibility for damaging the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex and instead attributes the incident to a possible malfunction involving a US-made Patriot air-def...
- Russia’s Defense Ministry says it did not carry out a strike on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex.
- Moscow attributes the reported damage to a possible malfunction of a US-made Patriot missile system.
- Russia cites the missiles’ alleged expired service life as a potential cause of incorrect operation.
- The claims are linked to reports of an overnight large-scale strike across military and defense-industrial targets in Ukraine.
- The explanations come from Russia’s official statements released during the incident’s coverage.
Russia's Defense Ministry said that the Patriot missile could have misfired because it said Western countries had provided Kyiv with arms whose shelf life had expired.
2 hours agoThe Kyiv Pechersk Lavra complex was damaged by a missile launched from a US-made Patriot air defense system, according to Russia's Defense Ministry, which released details of a large-scale overnight strike on military and defense-industrial targets across Ukraine. In a statement, the ministry said one possible reason for the alleged malfunction was that Western countries had supplied Kyiv with Patriot missiles whose service life had already expired. "One of the reasons for the system's incorrect operation may have been that Western countries supplied the Kyiv regime with missiles that had exceeded their expiration dates,” the ministry said.
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