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Ukraine has not lost any HIMARS, says defence minister 

Ukraine has not lost any of the HIMARS rocket launchers provided to it by the US, the Ukrainian defence minister has said.

Since the start of the conflict, Ukraine has received at least 20 of the American-made units, and has used them to attack Russian ammunition depots, command posts, and air defences.

Russia has repeatedly claimed to have destroyed a number of the systems.

HIMARS stands for High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.

Speaking to the Ukrainian-language arm of US outlet Voice of America, Oleksiy Reznikov said Ukraine still had all the systems it has been given