Russian Defence Ministry confirms occupiers were killed in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, but announces lower number of casualties
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a group of Russian servicemen in the temporarily occupied city of Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, but says the number of losses is much lower than that reported by the Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (StratCom).
Source: Russian Ministry of Defence on Telegram
Quote from Russia’s Defence Ministry: "The Kyiv regime struck the temporary deployment point of a division of the Russian Armed Forces near the settlement of Makiivka with six rockets from the US-made HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system."
Details: According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, two rockets were allegedly shot down by an anti-aircraft defence system.
The remaining rockets hit the Russians' temporary deployment point, killing 63 occupiers.
Background:
- Earlier, StratCom reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had killed about 400 mobilised Russians in a precision strike on the city of Makiivka on New Year's Eve. About 300 more invaders were wounded with varying degrees of severity
- The Russian soldiers had been stationed in the building of a local vocational school, No. 19.
- Igor Girkin (Strelkov), a Russian terrorist and former so-called "Minister of Defence of the Donetsk People’s Republic", confirmed that a large number of Russian servicemen had been killed in occupied Makiivka, adding that something like this could happen again.
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