The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine allowed a strike from the HIMARS MLRS in the Crimea
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) can strike from American missiles in
the Crimea . This was stated by the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Vadym Skibitsky , RIA Novosti reports .
He allowed the Ukrainian troops to use the American multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) and M270 to strike Russian targets. Speaking on the air of a single telethon, Skibitsky pointed to the active use of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Earlier, on July 16, the Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring”, citing its own sources, reported that the HIMARS MLRS appeared at the disposal of the Russian army. In turn, the speaker of the
State Duma of Russia, Vyacheslav Volodin , said that the missiles supplied by the West to
Kiev could, according to the boomerang principle, hit the US and the
EU . He noted that in the context of the supply of weapons to Kyiv and the desire of the United States to "continue the war to the last Ukrainian", Europe has become a hostage to the situation, to which "aid to Ukraine" can return in the first place.
On July 15, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry,
Oleksiy Reznikov , stated that Western weapons received by Kiev would not be used to strike targets in Russia. According to him, in a letter to the head of
the Pentagon, he promised to use HIMARS missiles for multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) only to deter Russian troops, as well as to “de-occupy” the territories of Ukraine.
Вооруженные силы Украины (ВСУ) могут нанести удар из американских ракет по Крыму. Об этом заявил представитель Главного управления разведки Минобороны Украины Вадим Скибицкий. Он допустил использование украинскими войсками для удара по российским объектам РСЗО HIMARS и М270.
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Ukraine will receive two NASAMS SAM batteries
In the near future, Ukraine will receive two NASAMS SAM batteries. This was stated by the representative of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuri Ignat.
According to Ignat, we are talking about two batteries with launchers, target detection systems and maintenance of anti-aircraft missile systems. Each NASAMS battery includes three fire platoons armed with 54 missiles. All 54 rockets can be fired within 12 seconds.
NASAMS is a Norwegian-made mobile anti-aircraft missile system. It is designed to work on targets at low and medium altitudes. The anti-aircraft missile system was developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace in cooperation with the American defense corporation Raytheon.
Currently, the NASAMS air defense system is in service with the armies of Norway, the United States, the Netherlands, Spain, Lithuania, and Finland. Ukraine should receive its anti-aircraft missile systems from the United States, which has recently played a key role in supplying the Ukrainian army with weapons.
Of course, the appearance of new air defense systems in Ukraine will increase the combat power of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, it is hardly to be expected that this will lead to any cardinal change. Moreover, the air defense systems still need to be brought to the place of use, and there is no guarantee that they will not be sold by the same Ukrainian military personnel who are currently selling Western weapons on the darknet with might and main.