Last October, Russian arms company Rostiech [reported transfer](https://defence24.pl/strong-armoured/Russian-received-new-system-artillery) of the Russian Ministry of Defence of the first batch of artillery systems 2S43 Malwa. Even before that, in the area of August, the [state investigation of the cannon-haubica in question](https://defence24.pl/power-arms/Russians-send-krila-in-war) would end. Already 2 weeks later, an order for the first batch was placed (number of vehicles contracted were not made public). At the beginning of June, photographs and videos appeared documenting [the deployment of at least 1 of this kind of vehicle in Ukraine](https://defence24.pl/war-on-ukrainie-report-special-defence24/Russians-send-new-artilleries-on-ukraine).