US Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington. File photoWASHINGTON, June 15 Germany will supply Kyiv with three multiple launch rocket systems, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said at a press conference following a meeting of the contact group on Ukraine. «Germany announced today that it will transfer three multiple launch rocket systems and ammunition for multiple launch rocket systems,» Austin said following the third meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, which was chaired by the United States at NATO Headquarters. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. The United States and allies reacted by imposing numerous sanctions against Moscow and are providing large-scale assistance to Kyiv in the field of defense. />13:34InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 15.06.2022InfographicView
