Purely Defensive System

I am no great fan of the corrupt nation of Ukraine, but I must say they did not attack Russia. Putin launched a war of aggression against a peaceful neighbor. Moscow and its apologists are shouting that the United States providing Patriot missiles to Kyiv is a provocative "escalation". These weapons are not ground to ground missiles, but ground to air, meant only to protect from incoming air assaults by Russia. A Patriot can't destroy an apartment block or factory within Russia. At this point, we must figure every statement emerging from the aggressor country is self-serving propaganda and dismiss it for what it is.