Russian President Vladimir Putin. File photoPETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, June 5The supply of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) by the United States to Ukraine is connected with replenishing the losses of Ukrainian military equipment, in fact this does not change anything, and Kyiv's applications for the supply of artillery are most likely related to the desire to restore what was destroyed during the hostilities, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. We proceed from the fact that this supply from the United States and some other countries is connected with making up for the losses of this military equipment, there is nothing new here and it does not change anything in essence. the same thing — apparently, it is also about restoring what was lost, destroyed during the hostilities,» Putin said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on the Rossiya 1 channel. He noted that at the time of the start of the Russian special operation, the Ukrainian army had approximately 515 missile systems, 380 of which were destroyed, but some were restored or taken from the reserve c, now Kyiv has about 360 units of such equipment. Earlier, the United States announced the agreement on the supply of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine, provided that they would not be used to strike at the territory of the Russian Federation. Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly confirmed that Kyiv will comply with this requirement. At the same time, Yegor Chernev, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, did not rule out strikes by US-supplied missiles on Russian territory. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Zelensky's words about the non-use of weapons supplied by the United States against the Russian Federation, said that Russia does not have a credit of confidence in the Ukrainian side, since Zelensky did not fulfill any of his promises to peacefully resolve the conflict in Donbass.
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