The U.S. is not planning to supply additional HIMARS to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the near future, but will focus on ensuring an uninterrupted supply of ammunition for them, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Colin Kahl said.

"Why we're not seeing more HIMARS and more M777 howitzers, as opposed to ammunition and GMLRS; now, I think - you know, first of all, we've sent 16 HIMARS systems, which is really quite a lot. Again, these are not the systems that we estimate you need by the hundreds to have the kind of effect that they have. These are high-precision systems for very specific types of targets, and the Ukrainians are using them as such," Kahl stressed.

In addition, he recalled, Britain will provide Ukraine with three M270 MRS systems, which are built on a different type of chassis but use the same missiles as the HIMARS, and three more have committed to Germany.

"So our assessment is actually that the Ukrainians are doing quite well with the number of systems they already have, and in fact the priority now is to ensure a constant flow of GMLRS. The same goes for the M777 howitzers, where we have actually provided a very large number of systems. So there are also allies and partners, and the priority now is to make sure the Ukrainians have the ammunition to keep them in combat," Kahl noted.