From https://metaculus.com/questions/17090/russia-damages-patriot-air-defense-system/
On Friday, May 12, two US officials told news sources that Russia launched a hypersonic Kh-47 Kinzhal missile towards a Patriot Missile battery in Ukraine.
Ukraine has at least two such batteries, one from the United States and one from Germany.
The Patriot missile system has a powerful radar to detect incoming targets at long-range, making it a potent air defense platform capable of intercepting ballistic missiles and more. But the radar emission necessary to spot threats at a distance also makes it possible for the enemy to detect the Patriot battery and figure out its location. And unlike some shorter-range air defenses provided to Ukraine that are mobile and harder to target, the large Patriot battery is a stationary system, making it possible for the Russians to zero in on the location over time.
Ukraine said the Russian hypersonic missile was shot down by a Patriot battery.
According to the US Congressional Research Service, a new Patriot battery
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CNNย โย A US-made Patriot air defense system was likely damaged, but not destroyed, as the result of a Russian missile barrage in and around Kyiv early Tuesday morning local time, a US official tells CNN. The US is still assessing to what degree the system was damaged, the official said. That will determine whether the system needs to be pulled back entirely or simply repaired on the spot by Ukrainians forces.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/patriot-missile-damage-ukraine/index.html