On June 14, the Russian army conducted a raid on a Ukrainian complex carrying ATACMS missiles in the Zaporizhzhia region. According to a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Dnieper wing units destroyed an M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS rocket artillery complex along with a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
The Russian military did not disclose the specific type of weapon or location of the raid. However, it is known that the Dnieper army wing operates in the Kherson front and part of Zaporizhzhia province. On June 15, Russia announced that it had also destroyed Ukraine’s ATACMS launcher that was about to be fired during an Iskander missile attack on a target suspected to be a Ukrainian M270 complex.
A video published by Russian media showed an attack on a target believed to be an M270 complex that was preparing to fire an ATACMS ballistic shell in the area near Zaporizhzhia. The M270 MLRS system carrying the ATACMS shell was detected and destroyed by Iskander tactical ballistic missiles before it could launch any projectiles.
Ukrainian air defense allowed at least three Iskander-M ballistic missiles and one Kinzhal hypersonic projectile to enter Ukrainian airspace in the early morning of June 14. The flight data of Russian missiles and UAVs published by Ukrainian media indicated that the Iskander-M missiles launched from the Crimean peninsula targeted the Zaporizhzhia area, but it is unclear whether they were aimed at the HIMARS and M270 MLRS complexes mentioned by the Russian military. The Ukrainian army has not commented on this information yet.
