Newly Given To Norway And The United States, The Artillery Up To The Ukrainian M777 Howitzer Was Destroyed By Russian Troops

Ilustrasi Howitzer M777. (Wikimedia Commons/DoD/U.S. Army/Sgt. Corey Idleburg)

JAKARTA - Russian artillery forces successfully destroyed a Norwegian-supplied 155mm M109A3 self-propelled artillery gun, as well as two US-made M777 howitzers in their special military operation in Ukraine.

"The artillery strike destroyed a Norwegian-supplied 155mm M109A3 self-propelled artillery gun, two US-made 155mm M777 howitzers as well as seven field artillery guns and mortars, including the Pion 203mm self-propelled artillery system," Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said. , launched TASS June 7th.

The attack also removed "more than 400 nationalists, 10 armored, three Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 10 special vehicles and also three S-300 anti-aircraft missile launchers near Kramatorsk, the general added.

In the past 24 hours, Russian missile and artillery forces hit 39 command posts, 47 firing positions of Ukrainian artillery batteries and 426 military hardware and power gathering areas, the general said.

He further explained that Russian air defense forces also shot down 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kharkov and Nikolayev regions in the past 24 hours.

"Russian air defense capabilities shot down 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the Liptsy, Strelechye, Dementyevka, Borodoyarskoye, Maryino, Petrovskoye, Grakovo and Maliye Prokhody communities in the Kharkov Region as well as Vasilyevka in the Nikolayev Region," he said.

He added that Russian troops launched an attack with precision missiles to destroy two Ukrainian ammunition depots and three artillery battery positions.

"Air-launched precision missiles hit two Ukrainian command posts, three artillery battery firing positions as well as 18 power gathering areas and military equipment," Konashenkov said.

"In all, the following targets have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation: 190 aircraft, 129 helicopters, 1,139 unmanned aerial vehicles, 333 surface-to-air missile systems, 3,443 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 478 multiple launch rocket systems. 1,807 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 3,464 military-only motorized vehicles," he concluded.