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Russia’s deputy foreign minister criticized the United States for supplying Ukraine with HIMARS rockets, saying the move risks direct confrontation between the two countries.
“We consider this an extremely negative move. Any attempt to describe this as a ‘restrained’ decision is futile. The truth is U.S. is leading a series of countries to Ukraine”, Deputy Foreign Minister Russia Sergey Ryabkov said today, referring to information that Washington may provide Kyiv with M142 HIMARS rocket launchers.
Deputy Minister Ryabkov also warned that arms aid to Ukraine could increase the risk of direct confrontation between Russia and the United States.
“We have repeatedly described this series of actions as a plan to wage war on the last Ukrainians. It is unprecedented and very dangerous,” he said, accusing the United States of “doing nothing” to find a solution to the Ukraine crisis.
American HIMARS battery rehearsed in Poland in 2018. photo: American armies.
On May 31, an unnamed U.S. official said the country would send the HIMARS rocket system to Ukraine. “HIMARS rocket systems will be used to repel Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory. They will not be used to attack Russian territory,” the official said.
president Joe Biden Earlier it said the United States would not transfer to Ukraine rocket systems capable of hitting targets inside Russia.
Military experts believe that rocket artillery systems like HIMARS will bring clear benefits to the Ukrainian army. These are modern weapons that greatly increase the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian army, which uses only Soviet-era rocket launchers.
However, the guided rockets and ATACMS missiles of the HIMARS complex are not suitable for large-scale launches against targets distributed over a wide area, such as Russian infantry units deployed in the eastern Donbas region. Ukraine.
Each M142 HIMARS launcher can carry six 227mm rounds. The M30/M31 guided missile has a range of 70 kilometers, while the unguided M26 variant can only hit targets at a maximum distance of 45 kilometers. At the same time, both Russia and Ukraine are using the BM-27 heavy rocket launcher with a range of 35 kilometers and the BM-30 capable of threatening targets at a distance of 70 kilometers.
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