Ukraine will announce arrival of Patriot system when it is needed

Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said this during a telethon

“The phrase 'in the near future' means that it's not about to happen right now. And when it happens, it will not be reported in the way that everyone wants it to be,” he said

He added: “I can't say when exactly the system will work, because very few people have this information at all. It will be made public when it is needed. But our military needs about two months to master these systems. This period is already expiring

In addition, he also said that mastering SAMP-T, IRIS-T, NASAMS, Patriot is not an extremely difficult task for Ukrainian defenders. Ukraine sends ready-made specialists with combat experience who have performed tasks on the Soviet Buk-M1 and S-300 systems, which are more difficult to master, to train in partner countries. The new systems are more modern, with more automation that facilitates the work, so young Ukrainian soldiers quickly master them

Ihnat also added that the results of testing Ukrainian pilots in the United States showed that they could master F-16 fighters faster than expected

• On March 31, it became known that Ukrainian combat aviation successfully used Western-style JDAM smart bombs in the confrontation with the occupying Russian army.