Like any report of a war death this is a sad story. But I caught myself smirking at it.
Via Strana (machine translation):
In Kiev, after a Russian strike, the chief engineer of the Patriot air defense system unit, Denis Sakun, was killed. This follows from a petition on the website of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
He was approached by a relative of the deceased Yana Sakun, who demanded to be awarded the military title of Hero of Ukraine.
She writes that Denis Sakun was the chief engineer of the "anti-aircraft missile unit operating the latest air defense system."
The 'latest air defense system' was a U.S. manufactured Patriot battery. The U.S., and Ukraine, claim that these systems can shot down ballistic missiles. That is claimed here too but it also describes what happened just after that:
"During the massive rocket attack on Kiev, Lieutenant Colonel Sakun was on combat duty as part of a combat crew. The unit destroyed several ballistic missiles, one of which was supposed to hit the SAM positions. As a result of falling debris, a fire broke out. Despite the deadly threat, the officer personally rushed to save the equipment and put out the fire. Due to the detonation of the warhead of the downed missile, Denis Sakun was killed," the petition says.
The battery shot down a ballistic missile aimed at it. Unfortunately the war head of the destroyed missiles fell onto the Patriot battery and exploded.
Or, may be, not.
May be, just may be, the Patriot system failed to destroy the incoming missile which then hit its intended target.
The incident most likely happened on July 31.