The Ukrainians have used their advanced High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to target Kremlin positions in their fight for the country’s eastern region known as Donbas.
“Because it’s such an accurate longer-range system, the Ukrainians are able to carefully select targets that will undermine the Russian effort in a more systematic way, certainly than they could with shorter-range artillery systems.” the official told reporters.
Ukrainian forces are still in the early days of operating the HIMARS systems – four of which the US has already sent to the former Soviet country and four more were promised late last month – as only a handful of Ukrainian troops can operate them after a brief training session. program.
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HIMARS, which has a range of about 40 miles, has given the Ukrainians the ability to hit distant targets with greater accuracy than they were able to do before when using shorter-range artillery.
“What you’re seeing is that the Ukrainians are actually systematically selecting targets and then hitting them with precision, providing this, you know, precise method of degrading the Russian capability,” the official said.
“I see that they can continue to use it throughout Donbass.”
