Russia says it killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers in Kramatorsk bombing in ‘retaliation’ for Makeevka attack

The Ministry of Defense of Russia said on Sunday that more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in a massive rocket attack on two buildings in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainewhich temporarily housed the military.

Reuters could not immediately verify the Defense Ministry report.

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There was no immediate comment from Ukrainebut The mayor of Kramatorsk, the eastern Ukrainian city that Russia claims to have attacked, said on Facebook on Sunday that no one had been killed in an attack on several buildings in the city..

The Russian Defense Ministry said the attack on the Kramatorsk buildings was revenge for a Ukrainian one earlier this year on a Russian headquarters in Makeevka.in the part of the region of Donetsk controlled by Moscow forces, in which at least 89 soldiers died.

The Russian ministry said in a statement that it had used what it called reliable information to attack Ukrainian troops. More than 700 Ukrainian soldiers had been housed in one shelter and more than 600 in another, he said.

“As a result of a massive missile attack against these temporary deployment points of units of the Ukrainian Army, more than 600 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed”, reported the Ministry of Defense.

If true, it would be the biggest loss of Ukrainian military since the Russian invasion began on February 24 last year.

Source: Elcomercio

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