HIMARS having 'significant impact' on Ukraine's front lines against Russia: Pentagon

US-supplied long range HIMARS to Ukraine has been having significant impact on Ukraine's war effort against Russian aggression, US Department of Defense has claimed in a release. Pentagon recently supplied an estimated eight of 142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or  HIMARS, that now allows Ukrainian armed forces to target multiple, precision-guided rockets in retaliation to incoming fire from Russia's side.

Ukraine's military also destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in sourn city of Nova Kakhovka, killing at least four Russian soldiers. new aupply of HIMARS to Kyiv has brought total figure of vanced weaponry system to an estimated 12 since last month, and Pentagon has also pledged to send an dtional four. 

American High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems HIMARS. Credit: US Department of Defense

"American High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems being used in Ukraine are making an impact on conflict re between Ukrainians fighting to preserve ir national sovereignty and Russian forces who have illegally inved that country," US Department of Defense [DoD] noted in a release. 

Credit: US Dept of defense

HIMARS' 'indirect, but significant impact..'

 M142 HIMARS system is allowing Ukrainian forces to counter Russian targets by launching multiple, precision-guided rockets. A senior military official said Defense Department [DoD] believes HIMARS are having an indirect, but significant impact on front line operations. 

"I think re has been significant impact on what's going on, on front lines," official said in a statement published by US Department of Defense. "If you think about fact that Ukrainians have been talking about a number of targets [y] are hitting ... y're spending a lot of time striking targets like ammunition, supplies, or logistical supplies, command and control," he furrmore ded. 

"And all those things have a direct impact on ability to conduct operations on front line.  ... Although y're not shooting HIMARS at front lines, y are having a very, very significant effect on that," said official. conflict between  inving Russians and Ukrainians has been ongoing now for 142 days, official said.

And while Russians have me some incremental gains, y have been hard earned. "We assess that Russian forces are limited to incremental if any gains around norrn Donbass, held up by Ukrainian defenses," official said. "Russian forces continue to employ indiscriminate artillery bombardment along with air and missile strikes."