He said this during a seminar dedicated to supporting Kyiv.
Hodges called the upcoming transfer of the Patriot battery to Ukrainian troops "a giant step forward in terms of potential."
At the same time, the ex-commander believes that this battery “will probably be enough to protect Kyiv,” if it is properly integrated into the systems available to the Ukrainian army.
“So we are, in fact, talking about the same city,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States, through diplomatic channels, announced its unwillingness to send American specialists to Ukraine to use Patriot air defense systems and directly fight with Russia.
On December 21, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the allocation to Ukraine of an additional tranche in the amount of $1.85 billion and the Patriot air defense system.