The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that on the last day of special operations in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces shot down 19 rockets of the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in three residential areas in the air.
It was stated that the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were prevented in Sukhaya Kamenka in the Kharkiv region, in Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region and in the Antonovka region in the Kherson region.
In addition, three Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles were intercepted in the air in the residential areas of Prudyanka, Kharkiv region and Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, according to the defense ministry.
During the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian army destroyed 363 anti-aircraft missile systems, 791 MLRS combat vehicles and 3276 field artillery and mortars belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Formerly at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported About the destruction of the Ukrainian detachment of the MLRS “Alder” and the American HIMARS near the village of Pyatigorsk in the Kharkov region.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would conduct a special operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the DPR and LPR. Some Western countries imposed large-scale sanctions against the Russian Federation and began to provide military and financial assistance to Kiev. In particular, the United States supplies HIMARS MLRS to Ukraine; Pentagon in July promise continue deliveries. Also, the US government convince and that other countries provide such assistance to the Ukrainian army.