Iskander-M missile obliterates Ukrainian HIMARS (MOD VIDEO)
A Russian Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile has destroyed a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region, Moscow’s Defense Ministry has reported, releasing drone footage of the strike.
The attack also left up to ten Ukrainian troops dead, according to the ministry’s press release on Monday.
Since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, the Ukrainian military has repeatedly fired missiles into Russian territory, using the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System among other weapons. The attacks have frequently targeted Russian critical infrastructure and residential areas and have caused civilian casualties.
Another Iskander-M crew obliterated a Soviet-era S-300 air defense system, including the radar and personnel, that was operated by Kiev’s forces in Dnepropetrovsk Region, military officials in Moscow have stated.
In its daily update on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces from the Sever (North) grouping also took out two artillery guns and five materiel depots, killing up to 250 Ukrainian troops along the front line in Sumy and Kharkov Regions.
In other parts of Ukraine’s Kharkov Region and in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Kiev’s forces lost at least one tank, five armored vehicles and two artillery guns, along with dozens of cars and over 300 personnel.
Additionally, the Russian military destroyed one Soviet-era Grad multiple launch rocket system, an artillery gun and a materiel depot in Zaporozhye Region as well as in Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region, with Kiev’s casualties estimated at 320 troops in that area.
