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Ukraine says it has received Patriot air defense systems

Ukraine's defense minister confirmed on Wednesday that Kyiv had taken delivery of Patriot air defense systems, and said this made Ukrainian skies more secure.

"Our air defenders have mastered them as fast as they could. And our partners have kept their word," Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov wrote on Twitter. He did not specify which partners he was referring to but his tweet offered thanks to Germany's defense minister.