Putin says he sees no difference between Himars and Soviet Grad

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the US decision to supply Ukraine with HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) will not fundamentally change the balance of power, in his opinion, it is simply about replenishing stocks of weapons lost during the hostilities. Such an opinion was expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, June 5, in an interview with the author of the program "Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin" ("Russia-1" VGTRK).

He also said that American multiple launch rocket systems are similar to Soviet and Russian-made systems.

There is nothing new here. Firstly, these multiple launch rocket systems - after all, they are in service in the Ukrainian army - similar systems of Soviet, Russian production "Grad", "Smerch", "Hurricane," he said.

He recalled that "the range does not depend on the system itself, but on the missiles that are used."

What we hear today and what we understand are missiles that fly exactly 45-70 km, depending on the type of missile. Well, the same thing happened with those Grads, Hurricanes, Tornadoes that I mentioned - there is also a range of 40-70 km. There is nothing new,” the President of the Russian Federation explained.

The Russian President of the Russian Federation called the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine "fuss", which only prolongs the "conflict".

In general, all this fuss around additional deliveries of weapons, in my opinion, has only one goal - to drag out the armed conflict as far as possible, - he said.

Putin added that Russia would draw appropriate conclusions if the West supplied Ukraine with long-range missiles.

If they are, and will be supplied, we will draw appropriate conclusions from this and use our means of destruction, which we have enough, in order to strike at those objects that we have not yet struck,” he said.