63 Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukrainian Missile Strike on Makiivka-- Defense Ministry

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Updates with Defense Ministry statement.A total of 63 Russian soldiers were eliminated in a Ukrainian attack on an employment school in
Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine that happened in the early hours of New Years Day, the Russian Defense Ministry stated Monday
As an outcome of the impact of 4 rockets with high explosive warheads on a center of temporary place, 63 Russian servicemen were killed,
the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Telegram
Authorities Russian verification of the lethal strike followed information about the event were widely publicized by Russian pro-war
bloggers
There were a significant number of killed and injured, said Arkhangel Spetsnaz in a post on messaging app Telegram accompanied by a photo
of still-smoking ruins
Yesterday night they were still sorting through the rubble
Russian officials are traditionally tight-lipped about battleground casualties and rarely acknowledge significant losses
The Moscow-installed administration of Ukraines Donetsk region said Sunday that at least 25 rockets were fired by Ukrainian forces on New
Years Eve as the combating in the country magnified over a period that is a significant holiday for both sides
Russia launched numerous waves of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities over the weekend, killing at least 4 people and injuring numerous
others
The majority of those eliminated in the coal-mining center of Makiivka were supposedly Russians prepared as part of the countrys partial
mobilization drive revealed in September
Russian military blogger Igor Girkin, a previous intelligence officer crucial of Russian military leaders, said on Telegram that the death
toll might be even higher, possible as much as several hundred guys
The trade college was destroyed nearly completely as a result of the detonation of an ammunition dump in the exact same building
Practically all the military equipment, parked beside the building without any camouflage, was likewise destroyed, Girkin said
Comparable posts about substantial losses in Makiivka appeared on other Telegram channels, including those run by officials and pro-Kremlin
journalists
One of the issues with counting on activated soldiers is that it is harder to distribute them because of an absence of small system
leadership, and they will do worse in the cold than trained soldiers, tweeted military expoert Rob Lee
But real estate them next to ammunition storage is simply a management failure
The Russian Defense Ministry stated Ukraine utilized U.S.-supplied HIMARS rockets in the attack
Ukraine determined the employment school as a target because a high number of soldiers inside were using cellphones, according to an
unidentified Russian-appointed main priced estimate Monday by state news company TASS.The Ukrainian Armed Forces said Sunday that the death
toll in the attack was about 400