The Ukrainian military, with the help of American HIMARS artillery systems, destroyed ten ammunition depots of the Russian invaders and inflicted serious damage on the enemy in manpower, according to an investigator of the international group Bellingcat Hristo Grozev..

Russian air defense systems could not prevent this. According to the ex-leader of the Donetsk militants Igor Girkin, the missile systems did not cope with the task, although “on paper” they had everything necessary for this..

“Girkin complains that Russian air defense systems (presumably S-400s, which “on paper” had such capabilities) failed to shoot down HIMARS missiles, which led to the “destruction of 10 Russian ammunition depots and serious human losses on our part”, -.

Girkin complains Russian anti-aircraft weapons (presumably S-400 that boasted such capability on paper) have been unable to shoot down HIMARS missiles, leading to "

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) July 10, 2022.

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On July 8, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new batch of military assistance to Ukraine for $400 million.. The package includes four additional HIMARS systems and their ammunition.

Together with those transferred, Ukraine will have 12 HIMARS systems. Despite the fact that our country does not yet have fire parity with Russia, these weapons are much more effective than Russian ones, and are already changing the course of the battle..

Thanks to HIMARS, Ukraine launched strikes on the rear of Russian troops in the occupied territories, undermining their ability to continue to intensively use artillery. It is not surprising that the Russian Federation periodically launches fakes about the alleged destruction of one or two systems.