RT: More than 600 Ukrainian troops killed in ‘retaliation operation’ – Moscow
The strike in Kramatorsk was a response to the Ukrainian shelling of Makeyevka on New Year’s night, the Defense Ministry says More than 600 of Kiev’s troops have been eliminated in a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian-held city of Kramatorsk in the Donbass, Russia’s Defense Ministry has claimed.
The bombardment on Sunday was a “retaliation operation” carried out in response to “a criminal attack” by Ukraine on a temporary housing area accommodating Russian servicemen in the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on New Year’s night, the ministry said in a statement.
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Update #1: Russia claims to kill 600 Ukrainian troops in ‘retaliatory strike’ in Kramatorsk (AFP)
Update #2: Russia claims it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in rocket attack (RTS)
WNU Editor: Ukraine is denying these reports .... Ukraine denies Moscow claim it killed 600 soldiers (BBC).
AZ has some pictures, but there is not much you can tell from these photos (see tweet below):
🇷🇺💥 🇺🇦Consequences of the retaliation strike on the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk pic.twitter.com/XZwX3LMwxL
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) January 8, 2023