Ukraine reveals its missile attack has targeted the occupied Donetsk regions and killed around 400 Russian soldiers.
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| Servicemen of Ukraine ride on tanks to the front line with Russian forces. Photo: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images |
A building in the Makiivka City where Russian forces were though to be stationed was attacked by the missile.
Pro-Russian authorities admitted casualties, however the figure has not been ascertained, also the figures being reported were not confirmed.
A senior Russian-backed official in the occupied parts of Donetsk, Daniil Bezsonov, said, the missile hit Makiivka two minutes past midnight on New Year’s day.
Bezsonov said: “A massive blow was dealt to the vocational school from American MLRS Himars.
“There were dead and wounded, the exact number is still unknown.”
According to a Russian presenter, Vladimir Solovyov, “losses were significant”.
