Ukraine war: Russia claims deadly attack, but Kyiv denies anyone killed – National | 24CA News
The Russian army claimed Sunday to have carried out lethal missile strikes on barracks utilized by Ukrainian troops in retaliation for the deaths of dozens of Russian troopers in a rocket assault per week in the past. Ukrainian officers denied there have been any casualties.
The Russian Defense Ministry mentioned its missiles hit two short-term bases housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops in Kramatorsk, within the jap Donetsk area, killing 600 of them. Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov mentioned the strikes had been retaliation for Ukraine’s assault in Makiivka, wherein at the least 89 Russian troopers died.
Serhii Cherevatyi, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s forces within the east, advised The Associated Press that Russian strikes on Kramatorsk broken solely civilian infrastructure, including: “The armed forces of Ukraine weren’t affected.”
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The Donetsk regional administration mentioned seven Russian missiles hit Kramatorsk and two extra hit Konstantynivka, with out inflicting any casualties. It mentioned an academic establishment, an industrial facility and garages had been broken in Kramatorsk, and an industrial zone was hit in Kostyantynivka.
Kramatorsk Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko mentioned two college buildings and eight house homes had been broken.
In the early hours of Jan. 1, Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in Makiivka, additionally within the jap Donetsk area, the place Russian troopers had been stationed, killing dozens of them in one of many deadliest assaults on the Kremlin’s forces for the reason that battle started greater than 10 months in the past.
Also on Sunday, the Ukrainian army claimed to have hit a residential corridor of a medical college in Rubizhne, a city within the Russian-occupied jap Luhansk area, killing 14 Russian troopers housed there. The variety of wounded was unknown, it mentioned.
Elsewhere within the east, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko mentioned one particular person was killed in strikes on Bakhmut, and eight others had been wounded.
In the northeastern Kharkiv area, the city of Merefa was hit through the night time, killing one particular person and two different settlements within the area had been shelled, Gov. Oleh Syniehubov mentioned.
The newest developments come after Russian forces ended {a partially} noticed cease-fire timed to coincide with Orthodox Christmas celebrations on Saturday.
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