US Seeks to Drag Out Conflict in Ukraine by Supplying It with New Weapons: Embassy - Tasnim News Agency

The United States keeps supplying Ukraine with more weapons, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), because it wants to drag out the conflict at any cost, the Russian Embassy in the United States said in a statement.

The statement comes in the wake of US President Joe Biden’s decision to grant Ukraine another package of military aid worth about $400 million.

"This decision is based on Washington’s fierce desire to drag out the conflict at any cost and, by using its weapons’ supplies, to compensate for increasing multiple casualties among the nationalist battalions and Ukrainian troops," the statement from the Russian Embassy reads, TASS reported.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) said earlier in the day that the newly-announced package of military aid for Ukraine includes four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) high-precision artillery rounds and "other equipment."

"Included in this latest set of gear and supplies is something the US has previously not sent to Ukraine: 1,000 rounds of 155 mm artillery billed as having greater precision," the DoD said in a statement.

The American defense department cited an unnamed senior defense official from Pentagon as saying that: "This is a new type [of] 155 mm artillery ammunition. It has greater precision. It offers Ukraine precise ... capability for specific targets. It will save ammunition."

The US Department of Defense also said in its statement that: "Also included in the latest package, are four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems which will complement the eight already in place. There is also additional ammunition for those HIMARS systems, some tactical vehicles, demolition munitions, spare parts and other equipment."

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