June 06 2022 Monday 10:11
| MTI
In a quote from the BBC’s British Public Service Media, Wallace said London would deliver M270 missile launchers to the Ukrainian armed forces, under the same strict terms the US envisioned for missile systems of similar capability, the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). Transport. Among these conditions, the priority is that Ukraine will not be able to use these missile systems to attack targets in Russia.
According to the British Ministry of Defense, the M270 missile launchers are capable of firing 12 missiles per minute. The range of these precision missiles is up to 80 kilometers, which far exceeds the capabilities of the missile equipment currently maintained by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Ministry of Defense in London has not said how many missile launchers will be delivered to Ukraine, but the BBC is aware that three M270 missile systems are currently being delivered.
Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement Monday that these high-capacity missile launchers will provide Ukraine with more effective protection against long-range Russian artillery assets that Russian forces are using “brutally and indiscriminately” to destroy Ukrainian cities.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that London will soon supply Ukraine with Brimstone anti-ship missiles and Stormer anti-aircraft weapons systems. The British government is also providing armored vehicles to evacuate civilians from areas under attack and to protect those working to maintain critical infrastructure. According to Downing Street, these vehicles are new Toyota Land Cruiser off-road vehicles that the British government is delivering to Ukraine to protect civilian officials in the regions of eastern Ukraine and to evacuate civilians living in areas close to the line of fire.
Britain has long been one of the largest suppliers of Western weapons to Ukraine, and since the beginning of the Russian invasion in late February, hundreds of portable anti-aircraft missiles, more than 5,000 light anti-tank weapons, precision missile weapons and 120 armored vehicles have been delivered. More than a thousand night vision equipment and radar systems capable of locating artillery batteries of the Ukrainian army.
According to the latest assessment of the situation by British Military Intelligence, released on Monday, the Russian attack on the railway infrastructure around Kyiv the previous day with maneuverable drones launched from the air would likely have prevented Western weapons delivered to Ukraine from reaching the lines. Front in the Kyiv Republic. Fighting.
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