U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, in an exclusive interview with Radio Liberty, told how many more HIMARS and other multiple launch rocket systems could be provided to Ukraine by the United States and its allies..

“We are ready to provide Ukraine with as many HIMARS units as we can. It is not a fact that we have 50 such installations in our arsenal.. I think now the goal is to reach the number of 25-30 rocket launchers. It will be a combination of HIMARS and several MLRS systems from the UK and other (countries - ed.. We will try to provide as much as we can. But 50 or 60 installations will be difficult to assemble and deliver,” Smith said..

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..

So far, 12 American-made HIMARS long-range artillery systems and a certain number 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.

Adam Smith led a delegation of congressmen from the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, which was received in Kyiv on July 23 by President Volodymyr Zelensky.