Laura Cooper, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, said that the HIMARS rocket launcher systems provided by the US and their ammunition allow the Ukrainian military to hit targets, in particular in Crimea.

She spoke about this at a briefing broadcast on the PBS NewsHour YouTube channel.

"According to our estimates, with the help of the

GMLRS systems on HIMARS available to them (that is, in the ZSU -

TSN.ua

), an additional number of which we will provide in the new package of military assistance, they can achieve most targets on the battlefield. They can achieve most targets , in particular in Crimea," said Cooper.

At the same time, the representative of the Pentagon reminded that Crimea is the territory of Ukraine.

Laura Cooper also noted that the United States believes that it is more expedient to hand over Soviet-style tanks to the Ukrainian military, rather than Western equipment.

We will remind you that on the website of the US Ministry of Defense it was reported which weapons and military equipment Ukraine will receive in the new aid package worth 625 million dollars.

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