Without claiming the strike, Kyiv’s military command announced up to 400 Russian soldiers were killed
“A massive blow was dealt to the vocational school from American MLRS Himars,” Bezsonov wrote in a post on the Telegram messaging app, referring to US-provided missiles. “There were dead and wounded; the exact number is still unknown.”on social media show what appears to be the ruins of the building in Makiivka used by the Russian army as barracks.A number of prominent Russian pro-war bloggers and commentators acknowledged the attack, suggesting that the number of casualties was in the hundreds.
If the numbers are confirmed, the strike in Makiivka would be one the deadliest known incidents involving conscripts since the start of the mobilisation drive at the end of September. “Housing personnel in buildings instead of housing them in shelters directly aids the enemy. From the situation in Makiivka it is necessary to draw the toughest conclusions,” wrote Andrey Medvedev, an ultra-conservative journalist who is deputy chairman of Moscow’s city parliament.
Meanwhile, Moscow extended its bombardment of Ukraine into a second day in 2023, launching several waves of Russian drone attacks that targeted critical infrastructure in Kyiv, and surrounding areas.
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