 Putin said that Russia destroyed five Patriot complexes near Kiev, but Ukraine has only two of them. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian forces destroyed five Patriot air defense systems near Kiev. He said this during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. If we destroyed five Patriot complexes near Kiev, is it really difficult for us to destroy any building in the center of Kiev? But we do not do this for certain reasons, he said. However, the armed forces of Ukraine officially received two Patriot complexes, each of which has six launchers. One battery was provided by the United States, the second by Germany. The armed forces of Ukraine denied the destruction by Russian troops of the Patriot missile defense system transferred to Ukraine by the Allies.