US-made HIMARS systems destroyed in Ukraine – MOD (VIDEO)

The Russian military has identified and destroyed three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and several accompanying vehicles, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Monday.

The materiel was deployed by Ukrainian forces in Sumy Region, from which Kiev launched a major incursion into Kursk region with a stated goal to create a “buffer zone” on Russian soil.

The Russian military released a video showing what it described as disguised firing positions of the mobile rocket systems near the villages of Osoevka and Glybnoye. A location on the road connecting the two settlements located roughly 12 miles from the Russian border closely resembles the terrain in the clip.

A series of Russian strikes was apparently delivered overnight, according to drone footage. Two positions deployed in relative proximity to each other next to a dirt road on the edge of a small forest were hit first, with survivors appearing to rush towards cars parked nearby. The third strike hit the forest itself.

The Russian ministry estimates the strikes destroyed three HIMARS launchers, three support cars, and a single loader vehicle, and killed over 30 troops.

Total Ukrainian casualties in the Kursk Region offensive have surpassed 8,900, the ministry reported in a regular update on Monday. Russian forces have destroyed six HIMARS launchers, two tracked MLRS launchers and dozens of heavy weapons sent by Kiev across the border for the incursion, the report said.