According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the unregulated use of mobile phones by the soldiers was the main reason why Ukraine was successful with the missile attack. The Ukrainian attack against the town of Makiivka in Donetsk region, which the Russian army has occupied, took place on New Year’s Eve. The rockets hit a school building where many Russian soldiers were staying. The mobile phone use around midnight should have revealed where they were misplaced. It is unclear how many were killed in the attack. The number varies from 89 to 400. Ukraine has stated that up to 400 Russians were killed, but this has not been confirmed from other sources. Debts on New Year’s greetings A high-ranking Russian officer in the Ministry of Defense in Moscow believes the reason is clear. – A commission is in the process of investigating the incident, but it is already clear that the main reason is that personnel switched on and used mobile phones on a large scale in violation of the rules which state that it is illegal where the enemy’s weapons can reach them. This is what Lieutenant General Sergei Sevryukov said in a video that the ministry has published, reports AFP. He said that measures have been taken to ensure that something like this cannot happen again, but without specifying what has been done. He also said that those who were responsible for that happening will be punished. After Putin’s New Year’s speech, the school building where the temporary Russian base was located was hit at one minute past midnight. The attack came shortly after President Vladimir Putin had delivered his traditional New Year’s address. In a rare statement, Russian authorities announced on Monday that 63 soldiers had lost their lives in the attack. It is the biggest total loss that Moscow has reported since the invasion in February last year. On the night of Wednesday, the number was further adjusted up to 89 after more dead people were found in the ruins. Many are said to have been reservists Tapstala came after several Russian media and military bloggers blamed Russian military leaders for gross incompetence. According to AFP, several of the Russian war correspondents have written that many of those killed were reservists who had been mobilized. Ukraine used the American HIMARS missile system in the attack, according to Sevryukov. He said Russia had destroyed the missile battery that was used. In addition, he claimed that they had destroyed four more HIMARS and killed 200 Ukrainian and foreign mercenaries in the town of Druzhkivka in Donetsk. According to Ukrainian authorities, one person was killed and an ice rink was destroyed in this attack. Russian media reports that around 200 mourners laid roses and wreaths in a square in central Samara on Tuesday, after an Orthodox priest had said a prayer and soldiers had fired a salute. Many of the dead are said to be from the region in central Russia by the Volga river, according to AFP.
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