HIMARS, an American high-mobility operational-tactical missile and artillery system. File photoMOSCOW, July 16Kyiv may use American missiles to strike Crimea, Vadym Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said. defeating targets on the territory of Crimea, Skibitsky answered in the affirmative. On the air of the unified Ukrainian telethon, he, in particular, noted «the active use of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.» Earlier, the United States transferred to Ukraine eight mobile launchers on the HIMARS MLRS wheeled chassis. It is planned that four more such installations will be transferred to Kyiv. Deputy head of the Pentagon Colin Kahl said on June 1 that the United States secured a promise from the Ukrainian authorities, including personally Vladimir Zelensky, not to use HIMARS for strikes on Russian territory. As reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, at least two HIMARS installations have been destroyed to date. Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that Russia, in the event of deliveries of long-range missiles to Kyiv, will draw conclusions about strikes against those objects that have not yet been hit. Russia earlier sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Kyiv. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >June 22, 17:18InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
