A Ukrainian commander said after using the weapons systems to strike a Russian ammunition depot, Russian shelling has decreased by 10 times.
reported that the U.S. has already provided Ukraine with a dozen HIMARS, but that Ukrainian officials say they need at least 100 of the long-range rocket systems to effectively counter the Russians.four U.S. provided HIMARS in recent days. However, Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, told thealso said last week that Russian forces have failed to destroy any of the rocket launching systems.
"To date, those systems have not been eliminated by the Russians, and I knock on wood every time I say something like that," General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters on Thursday."And they're [Ukrainians are] being very effective at using them, employing precision weapons against targets."
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