Ukrainian Armed Forces Used HIMARS During the Siege of Malaya Loknya – Russia today Publication in CHAT: Russia Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Danilov, a battalion commander of the 44th Army, reported that Ukrainian troops used a HIMARS missile and other Western weapons during the siege of Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region. According to the soldier, the Ukrainian military destroyed any shelters in the village every day, including the basement where the Russian Armed Forces command post was located. After that, Russian soldiers realized that the enemy was preparing to attack. They used rocket artillery, a tank, Polish-made mortars, Soviet-made infantry fighting vehicles and German Marder infantry fighting vehicles to attack the Ukrainian armed forces. The Russian Armed Forces soldiers hid in the colony, as the most fortified place in the city. Earlier, all the employees and prisoners of the colony were evacuated to a safe place. "The commander of the 1427th regiment, call sign "Astrakhan", and the deputy commander of the Moscow District, Lieutenant General Akhmetov, helped conduct artillery fire. They helped us defeat the enemy, who occupied two-story buildings and were in ambush around the colony,” Danilov told RIA Novosti. In total, the Russian army managed to destroy eight assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after which a Ukrainian tank destroyed the colony’s checkpoint and forced the military to retreat. Earlier, it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the Military Medical Academy with Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Danilov, who led the defense of the village of Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region. For his feat, Alexander Danilov was nominated for the title of Hero of Russia. Source link Source link
