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The United States have not announced the transfer to Ukraine of HIMARS ammunition with a range of 300 km

By: Maksim Panasovskyi | 09.07.2022, 15:14

On the evening of July 8, Joe Biden The Pentagon confirmed the transfer of four more HIMARS and high-precision artillery shells to Ukraine. It includes among other things multiple rocket launchers HIMARS. Many big Ukrainian web resources have begun to write that ammunition for HIMARS with a range of up to 300 km is coming to Ukraine, but there is a nuance.

What we know

It is hard to find the initial source, but some of the first to write about it were Telegram-channels "Trukha" and "Ukraine Online News" with an audience of 2 million and 1 million respectively, as well as another 1,000 and 1 small channel.

Even Anton Gerashchenko, Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, made an appearance. He also wrote in Telegram about the transfer of new extended-range rockets to Ukraine. The post has been deleted before we finished this text, but we have screenshot.

Many Ukrainian websites also reprinted the news. For example, "Focus".

All refer to the Financial Times article , which was published in the evening of July 8 with the headline "US to send $400mn of military equipment to Ukraine". However there is no mention in the text of either increased range or specifically 300 km. If the site requires a subscription, you can copy the headline and go through Google. If you are too lazy to do it, here is a screenshot of the whole news Financial Times:

And a post by a Ukrainian journalist Voice of America on Twitter:

Trukha writes that the US is providing Ukraine with missiles to HIMARS with a range of 300 km. The Financial Times is quoted as saying. This is reported by a low number of other media outlets and resources.

But guess what? The Financial Times never wrote about the provision of such missiles. Do not read Trucha, they write unrevised information.
- Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) July 8, 2022

The official Pentagon website mentions only "additional munitions to HIMARS". There is no mention of range.

We have the same situation with the official statements of president Volodymyr Zelensky and The Ministry of Defense:

Truly grateful to ???????? President @POTUS, the ???????? people for continuing effective support of ???????? in countering Russia's aggression. More #HIMARS, 155mm shells are our priority needs. It is what helps us press on the enemy. We appreciate the ???????? support! Let's go to victory together!
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 8, 2022

Another package of the ???????? military aid 4 ????????:
4 HIMARS+ammo;
high-precision artillery rounds;
tactical vehicles;
demolition munitions;
spare parts;
equipment.
We will have more tools to destroy the russian occupiers in the East and South of Ukraine.
Big thanks to the @SecDef pic.twitter.com/rmzMklOOGj
— Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) July 9, 2022

We do not rule out that the United States will indeed send new missiles to Ukraine that can hit targets at a distance of up to 300 km. For two weeks everyone thought that the US had handed over 4 MLRS HIMARS, and yesterday it turned out that we already have 8 and will soon have 12. However, none of the Ukrainian or US officials have confirmed this information yet.

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