Ukraine has been using U.S.-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems for around two years.
Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of an advanced Russian air defense battery across the border, likely using a U.S.-donated High Mobility Artillery Rocket System , according to a new assessment.Geo-located imagery published on Monday shows two destroyed launchers, plus a damaged command post, belonging to a Russian S-300 or S-400 air defense system close to the city of Belgorod, the U.S.-based think tank, the Institute for the Study of War , said in its latest analysis.
Newsweek has reached out to the Ukrainian military and the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to the Czech capital, Prague, on Friday that Ukraine had for weeks requested the go-ahead to use U.S.-provided weapons against forces inside Russia after Moscow opened the new front in Kharkiv. The move, which followed similar signals from several other NATO leaders, was denounced by Moscow as an escalation of the conflict.
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