Four more American MLRS HIMARS arrived in Ukraine

HIMARS, an American high-mobility operational-tactical missile and artillery system. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 1Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced the arrival of four more American HIMARS MLRS in Ukraine. «Four additional HIMARS arrived in Ukraine … The sound of a HIMARS salvo became the main hit of this summer on the front lines «, the minister wrote on Twitter.«Kyiv proved it again.» What started in DonbassReznikov also thanked US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for «strengthening» Ukrainian troops. two Norwegian anti-aircraft missile systems NASAMS, up to 150 thousand 150-mm artillery shells, as well as four counter-battery radars. The upcoming deliveries should include 580 Phoenix Ghost loitering ammunition, four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, 36,000 artillery shells, four command and staff vehicles, anti-tank weapons, spare parts and other equipment, the Pentagon said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Western arms supplies to Ukraine only prolong the conflict, prolonging the agony of the Kyiv regime and multiplying the victims. The Russian Federation had previously sent a note to all countries, including the United States, due to arms supplies to Ukraine. Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine would 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. >Europe will be killed with its own weapons