{"id":255809,"date":"2022-07-08T07:41:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=255809"},"modified":"2022-07-09T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T14:55:07","slug":"russia-says-it-destroyed-two-u-s-himars-in-east-ukraine-kyiv-rejects-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=255809","title":{"rendered":"Russia says it destroyed two U.S. HIMARS in east Ukraine, Kyiv rejects claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reuters \u2013 July 6, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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HIMARS rocker launchers. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday its armed forces had destroyed two advanced U.S.-made HIMARS rocket systems and their ammunition depots in eastern Ukraine, an assertion later rejected by Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Moscow said it had destroyed two launchers for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) that the United States and its allies have been supplying to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

It also said Russian forces destroyed two ammunition depots storing rockets for the HIMARS near the frontline in a village south of Kramatorsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region – the main focus for Russian troops afterthe capture of Luhansk on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The ministry released video footage which it said showed the strike. Reuters could not independently verify the strike.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s general staff rejected Russia’s account later on Wednesday. In a post on Twitter, it said the claims were “fake” and that it was using the U.S.-supplied HIMARS to inflict “devastating blows” on Russian forces.<\/p>\n

Ukraine had received only four HIMARS systems as of early July, the European Council on Foreign Relations said in a report. The United States has pledged to deliver eight by mid-July.<\/p>\n

Western weapon supplies have been crucial to Ukraine’s efforts to push back the tens of thousands of Russian troops that Moscow sent into its pro-Western neighbour on Feb. 24 in what it calls a “special military operation.”<\/p>\n

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