Russia yesterday said 63 servicemen were killed when a temporary deployment point was struck in Makiivka.
MOURNERS HAVE VOICED grief and anger at a rare public commemoration in Russia for the scores of soldiers killed by a Ukrainian strike on New Year’s Eve.
Some 200 people laid roses and wreaths in a central square in the city of Samara – where some of the servicemen came from – as an Orthodox priest recited a prayer. Similar gatherings were reported in other cities of the Samara region including Tolyatti, home to Russia’s largest carmaker AvtoVAZ.The deaths immediately sparked heavy criticism in Russia of the army’s senior command, including from nationalist commentators favourable to Russia’s military intervention.
“What conclusions will be drawn? Who will be punished?” Mikhail Matveyev, a member of the Russian parliament representing Samara, wrote on social media. These systems have allowed Ukrainian forces to strike much deeper into Russian-held territory and have been credited for a series of battlefield reversals for Russia in recent months.
Ukrainian authorities said that Russian strikes destroyed an ice rink in the town of Druzhkivka in the region of Donetsk.
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