“We handed over 12 HIMARS systems to Ukraine.

This is part of more than 20 that the United States and our allies have promised to transfer, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

According to the American commander, it is planned to continue training Ukrainian servicemen in the use of Western weapons.

John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the White House National Security Council, said earlier that the US would announce a new military aid package for Ukraine this week that would include deliveries of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.

On July 9, U.S. President Joe Biden ordered additional military aid to be provided to Ukraine in the amount of up to $400 million.

The representative of the US Department of Defense spoke about planning the supply of weapons to Ukraine "for months and years ahead."