KYIV, May 5 – The issue of providing Ukraine with M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS multiple-launch rocket systems is very urgent, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny has said.

We are in regular communication with Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley. Traditionally I informed my American colleague about the operational situation... I emphasized the renewed use of cruise missiles by the Russian aggressor... Thus, during the day of May 3 the enemy used 14 cruise missiles fired from strategic bombers TU-160 from the Caspian Sea... As for the north, eight cruise missile launches on our territory were recorded during the past day. Therefore, the issue of providing Ukraine with M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS multiple-launch rocket systems is very relevant," Zaluzhny wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday.