From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   Russia says it had destroyed anti-aircraft missile systems supplied to   
   Ukraine by a European state, without specifying which country provided the   
   equipment.   
      
   Defence Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Monday   
   Russian Kalibr missiles destroyed on Sunday four S-300 launchers concealed   
   in a hangar on the outskirts of the central-eastern Ukrainian city of   
   Dnipro, hitting 25 Ukrainian soldiers in the attack.   
      
   The Russian defence ministry said its forces targeted missile defence   
   systems in three different locations in recent days. They also shot down   
   two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near the city of Izyum and destroyed two   
   ammunition depots, one of which was near the southern city of Mykolaiv, it   
   added.   
      
   The United States on Friday said it had sent a Patriot missile defence   
   system to Slovakia to replace the S-300 air defence systems sent to   
   Ukraine.   
      
   “Now is no time for complacency,” US President Joe Biden said when   
   announcing the Patriot transfer. “As the Russian military repositions for   
   the next phase of this war, I have directed my administration to continue   
   to spare no effort to identify and provide to the Ukrainian military the   
   advanced weapons capabilities it needs to defend its country.”   
      
   US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the system, as well as a team of US   
   soldiers to operate it, will arrive in Slovakia in the coming days and   
   remain there for an undefined duration.   
      
   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/11/russia-strikes-s-300-mi   
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