American MLRS HIMARS. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 20 The United States and its allies have pledged to provide Ukraine with more than 20 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, of which 12 have already been transferred, said Mark Milley, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
&# 34;To date, we have transferred 12 HIMARS to Ukraine. This is part of more than 20 pledged by the United States and our allies,” he told reporters after the fourth meeting of countries providing military assistance to Ukraine.
The next package of American assistance, which will be presented this week, will include four more such MLRS. «We have trained 200 Ukrainians (to use) HIMARS and continue to train many more,» Milley added. together with Milli, said that the installations were being transferred along with guided missiles with a range of 80 kilometers. The Russian Federation had previously sent a note to NATO countries due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine. 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. 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 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.
US sees no signs of resale of weapons supplied to Ukraine