I wonder where they went.


"Patriots" have left Kyiv's Zhulyany airport

Zhulyany had been the deployment site of the American Patriot surface-to-air missile system almost since it was handed over to Ukrainian forces.

Last year, satellite images of the Patriot positions at Zhulyany airport from September 2023 were published on the Google Earth web platform. After some time, they were censored.

Earlier available satellite images from May 2023 showed the possibility of up to three batteries of the system being deployed at Zhulyany.

Recently released images from April 2025 show that the positions at the airport have been abandoned. The remaining equipment, which can be identified as radar stations and several launchers, is most likely not combat-capable.

The abandonment of the positions may be a result of constant fire from Russian forces, a reduction in the number of operational systems, and a shortage of surface-to-air missiles. This forces the adversary to try to operate from scattered positions with incomplete individual batteries.