> those "downed" missiles somehow cause a "minor" damage to the Patriot battery doing it
Thirty missiles were fired, twenty nine intercepted [1]. Sustaining minor, i.e. quickly repaired, damage after a 97% interception rate against a supposedly technologically advanced adversary is pretty damn good.
For some reason, you forget the usual disclaimer "Ukraine says" and instead state it as a fact. It's hard to take them at face value similarly to their Russian counterparts. Also the "minor" claim is also maid by an interested party. If it was just a paint job, I think they would've preferred to simply stay silent on the matter. With available objective data we know that two explosions have happened on the ground level and that 2 launched Patriot missiles have failed, which is a fairly high value.
> you forget the usual disclaimer "Ukraine says" and instead state it as a fact
It’s been corroborated by the U.S. and allies [1]. The Kremlin hasn’t disputed the charge.
(The U.S. also said a PATRIOT battery was damaged while Kyiv claimed no such thing. As others have speculated, this was probably a radar unit that was targeted and damaged.)
30 of various missiles were sent. 30 were taken out. The debris of one (still following its trajectory) hit a Patriot radar - it was repaired in <24hr.
Seems pretty straightforward.
