The weapons systems will help Ukrainian forces 'gain a degree of parity with Russian artillery,' Michael Kofman said Saturday.
A Russian military analyst said Saturday that High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems that the United States is giving Ukraine to aid in its fight against Russian forces will pose a"big problem" for Russia.
On Friday, the White House announced that it would provide Ukraine with four additional HIMARS, a weapons system that theMichael Kofman, who heads the Russia Studies Program at the Virginia-based think tank CNA, said in an interview with Radio Free Europe that HIMARS are"going to help Ukraine gain a degree of parity with Russian artillery, and is going to create a big problem for the Russian military, and how they organize both logistics and command and control and the degree of attrition...
A Russian military analyst said Saturday that High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems that the United States is giving to Ukraine to aid in the fight against Russian forces will pose a"big problem" for Russia. Above, a HIMARS rocket launcher is seen during a military display on June 16."Critically important, powerful arms will save our soldiers' lives, speed up the liberation of our land from the Russian aggressor. I appreciate the strategic friendship between our nations.
Also on Saturday, retired U.S. Army General Mark Hertling said that the HIMARS the U.S. is sending to Ukraine are a"game changer," adding that"Russia is in dire shape & losing" while"Ukraine is adapting to the fight & winning."said on Wednesday that Ukraine is"effectively employing" HIMARS"with strikes against Russian command and control nodes, their logistical networks, their field artillery near defense sites and many other targets.
"These strikes are steadily degrading the Russian ability to supply their troops, command and control of their forces, and carry out their illegal war of aggression," he added.
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