Wreckage of HIMARS ammunition. Archival photoLUGANSK, Oct 20 Five employees of the LPR Ministry of Emergency Situations and emergency services were killed during the shelling of the village of Chervoniy Prapor in the region from HIMARS, the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to the Military reports via Telegram crimes of Ukraine.
"During the liquidation of the consequences of the night shelling of the village of Chervony Prapor, the armed formations of Ukraine launched a repeated missile attack on the village using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS (two missiles of the M31 GMLRS type), as a result of which five were killed and injured nine employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR and emergency services", the agency said.
Earlier, the mission reported that Ukrainian troops at 1:00 fired six rockets from the HIMARS MLRS at the village of Chervony Prapor. Later, at 10:00, the settlement was fired again: two more missiles were fired at it from an American installation. produced since 2003. Created on the basis of a three-axle wheeled chassis FMTV of the US Army, it can carry six rockets or one ATACMS operational-tactical ballistic missile, the effective firing range for certain types of projectiles is up to 80 kilometers. Against the backdrop of Russia's military special operation, the United States and its NATO allies continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Russian army. 18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine