American long-range MLRS HIMARS have already arrived in Ukraine
American long-range HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems capable of reaching Russia have arrived in Ukraine.
Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov announced this on his Twitter.
“HIMARS have arrived in Ukraine,” the minister wrote.
He expressed gratitude to his colleague and friend, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
“The summer will be hot for the Russian occupiers. And the last for some of them,” Reznikov added.
HIMARS have arrived in Ukraine.
Thank you to my ?? colleague and friend @SecDef Lloyd J. Austin III for these powerful tools!
Summer will be hot for Russian occupiers. And the last one for some of them. pic.twitter.com/BTmwadthpp- Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) June 23, 2022
Earlier, US President Joe Biden officially announced the inclusion of US-produced High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) in the military aid package for Ukraine.
The systems will have a range of about 70 kilometers, a US Defense Department official told reporters at the Pentagon, longer in range than anything sent to Ukraine to date.
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