US Long-Range Rocket Systems Arrive in Ukraine: Minister

US Long-Range Rocket Systems Arrive in Ukraine: Minister
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov greets fellow ministers and senior military personnel prior to the start of their Ukraine Defense Consultative Group meeting at U.S. Airbase in Ramstein, Germany, on April 26, 2022. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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Ukraine said on Thursday it had received U.S. supplies of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), a powerful long-range weapon system that Kyiv hopes can help turn the tide on Russia’s invasion.

Moscow’s forces are advancing in Ukraine’s east in a bid to capture the industrial heartland known as the Donbass where Ukraine fears some of its troops could be encircled in a Russian pincer.