OREANDA-NEWS  Donetsk Mayor Oleksiy Kulemzin said that thanks to the work of the air defense, 4 missiles fired on Tuesday evening by Ukrainian troops from the HIMARS MLRS were shot down.

The representation of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) previously reported that Ukrainian troops fired 4 missiles from the HIMARS MLRS on Tuesday evening at the Budenovsky and Kalininsky districts of Donetsk.
"According to updated information, yesterday at 23.30 4 missiles fired by the Ukronazists from the HIMARS MLRS were shot down thanks to the work of our air defense," Kulemzin wrote in the telegram channel.

The HIMARS Multiple Launch Rocket System (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) was developed in the USA by BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin in 1996-2000, and has been manufactured since 2003. Created on the basis of a three-axle wheeled chassis FMTV of the US Army, it can carry six rockets or one operational-tactical ballistic missile ATACMS, aiming range for certain types of ammunition - up to 80 kilometers.