U.S. and Ukrainian Secretary of Defense Lloyd J.. Austin and Alexei Reznikov had a telephone conversation during which they discussed military assistance to Ukraine to protect against Russian aggression. This is stated in a press release on the Pentagon website..

It says that the ministers discussed the results of the recent meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group at Ramstein 4 and ongoing security assistance to Ukraine.. In particular, they discussed the recent US commitment to provide Ukraine with additional HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems..

Austin assured Reznikov that the United States is trying to get equipment to Ukraine as soon as possible..

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Recall, the head of the US House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith, said that the States will provide Ukraine with up to 30 HIMARS MLRS.

Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that 50 HIMARS installations and M270 missile systems are now needed for the defense of Ukraine, and 100 such systems for the offensive..

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12 American-made HIMARS long-range artillery systems and a certain amount of MLRS M270 have already been delivered to Ukraine. In a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, the United States announced the delivery of four more HIMARS installations.