Ukraine on Friday introduced it had lately obtained Caesar howitzers from Denmark and the artillery techniques have been already in use.
Ukraine seems to bolster its army capabilities with the arrival of the French-made Caesar 155mm self-propelled howitzer artillery techniques. The announcement got here after Russia launched a large-scale missile assault throughout the nation.
Not less than 19 folks have been killed and dozens extra have been injured in what’s been known as the largest assault by Russian forces on civilian targets in additional than a month. An aerial strike that destroyed an condominium constructing within the central metropolis of Uman was significantly lethal, and the area’s governor mentioned 17 folks have been killed in that assault alone.
The capital metropolis of Kyiv was additionally attacked for the primary time in two months. Officers reported that air defenses took down 11 missiles and a pair of drones. No casualties have been reported.
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“At the moment, the Danish Caesars arrived. And they’re already on fight obligation. That is the extent of cooperation [between Ukraine and Denmark],” Ukrainian Protection Minister Oleksii Reznikov mentioned throughout a Friday press convention.
Samuel Ramani, a politics tutor on the College of Oxford and affiliate fellow on the Royal United Companies Institute (RUSI), known as the arrival of the Danish Caesars a “important artillery increase for Ukraine’s counter-offensive” on Twitter.
Newsweek reached out to the Ukrainian Ministry of Overseas Affairs by way of e-mail for remark.
The Caesar, or CAmion Équipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie, is a 155 mm, 52-caliber howitzer that’s mounted on a truck. A navigation system permits the weapon to fireside highly effective shells with a spread of roughly 25 miles with extended-range ammunition or 34 miles with good ammo.
Reznikov didn’t say what number of Caesar howitzers had been delivered to his nation, however Denmark pledged in January to supply Ukraine with all 19 of the artillery techniques the nation had ordered from the French producer.
Denmark additionally mentioned it’s going to ship Ukraine 80 Leopard 1 tanks by the tip of 2023 and 100 general along with 14 Leopard 2 tanks (despatched in cooperation with the Netherlands).
Ukraine already has a lot of Caesar howitzers in its arsenal that have been offered by France. Final yr, France gave Ukraine 18 Caesars and promised 12 extra in January.
The Protection Put up wrote in January concerning the significance of Caesar techniques to Ukraine’s army in its warfare in opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces.
“Alongside different Western-supplied cellular cannons just like the German Panzerhaubitze 2000, the Caesar was credited final yr with serving to Ukraine strike targets deep behind Russian traces, undermining Moscow’s offensive,” The Protection Put up mentioned.