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The Ukrainian military has received another batch of Humvee vehicles from the United States, according to photos and reports appearing oline. The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General for military purposes. At least 20 of such vehicles arrived in the Ukrainian port of Odessa on April 9,  according to Dumskaya newspaper . The report notes that this was the third batch of Humvee vehicles sent to Ukraine since the start of the conflict in the region of Donbass. The previous two were in 2015 and 2017. Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) lost at least one Maysalun heavy artillery rocket launcher as a result of  the recent Israeli airstrikes  on the town of Umm Haratayn in northern Hama, a photo released by pro-government activists on April 13 revealed. Despite the low quality of the photo, the base of the launch rail, the back stairs and the hydraulic outriggers stabilizers can be seen in the remains of the rocket launcher. Click to see full-size image. Photo onthe right side by Syrian reporter Ra’if al-Salama Maysalun is a Syrian-made variant of the Iranian Zelzal-2 unguided long-range artillery rocket. The rocket has a range of 210km and a heavy high-explosive (HE) warhead. Israeli sources had accused Iran and Syria of installing guidance systems in these types of rockets, effectively converting them into precision-guided rockets. While the rocket launcher was destroyed in Umm Haratayn, the new Israeli attack was focused on the town of Masyaf in western Hama. According to RT, Isr