There were no strikes using HIMARS on the territory of Russia.
Ukraine destroyed more than 100 high-value Russian targets with Russian troops on Ukrainian territory. This is the kind of data that the United States has, a high-ranking American official who spoke to journalists on the condition of anonymity said on Friday, RFE/RL reports with reference to the Reuters agency. ammunition and air defense facilities.
About a month ago, the first American HIMARS multiple-launch missile systems arrived in Ukraine. In recent weeks, using these MLRS and other long-range artillery systems, Ukrainian troops have struck dozens of targets in the rear of Russian troops. At the same time, strikes using HIMARS were not carried out on the territory of Russia. The delivery of these systems continues, and in the near future their number should reach 16.
The American official quoted by Reuters also spoke about the losses that, according to the United States, the Russian army has suffered in Ukraine since February 24, when the Russian invasion began. According to him, thousands of junior officers were killed, as well as hundreds of colonels and many generals, and Russia loses hundreds of servicemen killed and wounded during the day of hostilities.
The official did not name the total number of Russian casualties as the source of his data. These days CIA Director William Burns said that according to American intelligence, about 15,000 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine, and about 45,000 could be injured. He noted that the Ukrainian army also suffered serious losses.
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In the conditions of hostilities and military censorship, when the parties do not report their losses or hide information about them, it is difficult to estimate real losses. “Mediazon” and the BBC, which collect data on losses from open sources, report 93 dead Russian officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel and above. The Russian authorities have acknowledged the death of 4 generals (one of them retired).
The Ukrainian General Staff claims that about 40,000 Russian soldiers and officers were killed during the war. Analysts of the CIT group speak of the figure of 15 thousand killed as a lower estimate of the number of casualties.
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