Mark Milley who is the United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has openly boasted that the Russian forces have not been able to eliminate any of the Western rocket artillery which had been donated to Ukraine.
This announcement is coming on the heels of the reaction to Russia’s claims that it had hit the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) near the front line of one of their battles.
“To date the HIMARS that we have provided them, to date those systems have not been eliminated by the Russians,” he said, according to CNN.
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According to him, Ukrainian forces are making good use of the HIMARS against the Russian side. He said that with the HIMARS, the Ukrainian troops are successfully hitting Russia’s logistical networks, field artillery, and other targets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier acknowledged the impact of the HIMARS on the Russian troops.
Also, the country’s Defense Minister, Oleksiy Reznikov acknowledged the praise that his country has received from the West and other allies for its use of the rocket systems.
In another report, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin yesterday declared that the West must remove restrictions on exports of Russian grain in the interest of world trade.
Speaking in Tehran after talks with the presidents of Iran and Turkey, Putin told reporters that; ‘We will facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, but we are proceeding from the fact that all restrictions related to possible deliveries for the export of Russian grain will be lifted’.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine has hampered shipments from one of the world’s biggest exporters of wheat and other grain, sparking fears of global food shortages.
‘As you know, Americans have lifted — essentially lifted — restrictions on the supply of Russian fertilizers to the world markets,’ Putin said.
‘If they sincerely want to improve the situation on the international food markets, I hope the same will happen with the supply of Russian grain for export.’