Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that the US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Missile System, or HIMARS, is not having a “significant impact” on Russia’s war in Ukraine, despite reports that Kyiv is using them to target critical Russian military and logistical infrastructure. in the country. “Recently, the HIMARS multiple launch missile systems and long-range howitzers have been promoted by the West to the role of super weapons,” Shoigu told attendees at Moscow’s international security conference, the Conference on International Security. “They (HIMARS) did not have a significant impact on the situation,” he said. “Russian weapons, however, confirmed their best qualities in battles.” Ukrainian officials have previously said HIMARS and other multiple missile systems are “affecting the course of the war” — a view shared by senior US military and diplomatic officials. “The Ukrainians are effectively using these HIMARS strikes against Russian command and control nodes, their logistical networks, their artillery field and air to find sites and many other targets,” Mark Miley, president of Miktu, told reporters in Washington. US Staff. at the end of July. US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink told CNN on August 2 that it was clear that the weapons provided by America, including HIMARs, “were having an effect.” The HIMARS appears to have been used in a massive attack on a warehouse in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the southern Kherson region in July. The impact caused secondary explosions and caused extensive damage, according to satellite images reviewed by CNN. The images showed how precise the attack was, leaving only a small crater. In early August, the Pentagon announced an additional security assistance package for Ukraine, drawn from US stockpiles and including 75,000 rounds and an undisclosed amount of additional HIMARS ammunition.
