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On August 1, Ukraine’s defense minister confirmed the country had received four additional M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, called HIMARS for short, from the United States.The same day, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced more arms and other aid for Ukraine valued up to $550 million, including 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition and an unspecified amount of HIMARS ammunition.Analysts and Ukrainian defense officials have described the HIMARS as a game changer" in the war because the system allows Ukraine to hit targets from beyond the reach of Russian artillery. HIMARS has been used to blow up Russian ammo dumps and sever supply lines; giving the Kremlin a military and p.r. black eye.Hence a new line of disinformation from Moscow. Russia claimed in recent weeks to have destroyed six HIMARS
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