German long-range MARS II MLRS are in Ukraine already – Ukrainian Minister of Defence

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Monday, 01 August, 2022, 17:48

Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, has announced that the German MARS II long-range multiple launch rocket systems have arrived in Ukraine already.

Source: The Minister of Defence on Twitter

Quote from Reznikov: The third brother in the Long Hand family has arrived in Ukraine - the MARS II MLRS from Germany.
Thanks to Germany and to my colleague, the Minister of Defence, Christina Lambrecht personally for these systems. Our artillerymen salute our German partners."

Reference: Mars II/MLRS-E is the Mars II rocket launch system, which is a licensed copy of the American M270 MLRS.

Third brother in the Long Hand family - MLRS MARS II from Germany - has arrived in Ukraine.
Thank you to Germany and personally to my colleague #DefenceMinister Christine Lambrecht for these systems.
Our artillerymen salute our German partners!