More than 70 M777 howitzers delivered to Ukraine, which had previously promised to provide the United States for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the war with Russia. This was reported by the CNN service, noting that the party makes up more than 80% of all weapons of this type promised by the Pentagon..

According to the source, a US Department of Defense spokesman said that about 200 Ukrainian artillerymen have already been trained in the use of M777 howitzers..

“More than 170 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained in more than one location on the M777 and another 50 are due to complete their training today,” the official said..

More than 50 Ukrainians are due to arrive at one of the training grounds outside of Ukraine later this week to also receive training in handling M777 howitzers..

Note that the M777 Howitzer is a British 155mm trailed howitzer.. It has a digital fire control system, which is similar to systems in self-propelled artillery mounts.. The maximum range of projectiles from the M777 is 24.7 km. However, with M982 Excalibur high-precision projectiles, the maximum flight range can reach 40 km..

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Earlier, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that the Ukrainian army would abandon Soviet weapons and switch to NATO models..

The war has become a unifying factor for Ukrainians. Will this lead to greater cohesion of Ukrainians in the future and a demand for advanced social reforms Will the positive changes in society be temporary and gradually fade away after the war Experts argue about this in the article by Oleksandr Kitral “War forms new people from Ukrainians”..