 Russia's Defense Ministry said on May 16 that it had destroyed a US-built Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system with a hypersonic Kinzel missile in an overnight strike on Ukraine. The ministry said in its daily briefing on the Ukraine conflict that it that the overnight strikes had also been aimed at Ukrainian fighting units and ammunition storage sites. It also said that it had done seven long-range storm shadow missiles supplied to Ukraine by Britain, which announced last week that it was providing them as well as shorter-range US-built Hamar's launched and harm missiles. Russia's Defense Ministry said on May 16 that it had destroyed a US-built Patriot surface-to-air missile in an overnight strike on Ukraine.