THE Russia suffered the heaviest casualties in a single attack on Ukraine with the death of at least 63 soldiers in Makiivka, eastern Ukraine. But what happened in this particular attack? According to APE-MPE yesterday, early afternoon, the Russian Ministry of Defense, in a rare move, announced that 63 Russian soldiers were killed in attack carried out with the HIMARS missile system, with which the Washington Ukrainian forces in Moscow’s war of invasion, which allows for deep, behind-the-lines bombing. The attack took place in the town of Makiivka, in Moscow-held territory in the eastern part of Donetsk, a stronghold of pro-Russian separatists in their conflict with Kyiv that began in 2014.
According to Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov, who has not announced a date for this attack, four rockets they targeted the military’s “temporary deployment center.” Two more missiles were shot down, he claimed. The announcement is of an extraordinary nature: it is not just about him heavier reckoning in the only attack Moscow has acknowledged since the invasion began in February, but it was also the first announcement of military casualties since September, when Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 5,937 Russian soldiers had died. .
According to the US-based War Studies Institute (WSI), the Russian Defense Ministry will likely seek to pin responsibility for poor operational security on separatist officials and enlisted personnel. Memorial services were held today in Samara and its neighboring towns where many of the victims came from.
Source: News Beast
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