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Scores of Russian soldiers were killed erstwhile Ukrainian missiles struck a building in the occupied Donetsk portion of Ukraine connected New Year’s Day, according to Russian and Ukrainian authorities.
"The Kiev authorities delivered a strike, firing six projectiles from the US-made HIMARS aggregate rocket launcher connected a Russian portion adjacent Makeyevka," the Russian Defense Ministry said successful a statement.
The ministry said 2 rockets were changeable down but 4 slammed into the gathering and surrounding area. The ministry said 63 work members died successful the attack, though details remained sketchy. Dmitry Azarov, politician of Russia's Samara region, said an unspecified fig of residents were among the killed and wounded.
Ukrainian authorities did not assertion work but estimated the decease toll astatine astir 400, sarcastically blaming "careless handling of heating devices, neglect of information measures, smoking successful an unspecified place."
Igor Strelkov, a Russian subject blogger and erstwhile defence curate for the breakaway region, said connected Telegram the gathering was almost wholly destroyed after detonation of ammunition stored successful the aforesaid building.
"Almost each the subject instrumentality lasting adjacent to the gathering without the slightest motion of camouflage was besides destroyed," helium wrote. "Many radical are listed arsenic missing nether the rubble."
Strelkov besides noted that Russian officers "prefer to enactment further from the determination of the trusted troops – out of the scope of the enemy's missiles."
Daniil Bezsonov, an authoritative with the Russian-appointed medication successful Donetsk, called for the punishment of officers who ordered a ample fig of troops to beryllium stationed astatine the facility.
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Other developments:
►Russian officials assertion to person changeable down a Ukrainian drone approaching the Russian metropolis of Voronezh, astir 400 miles from the Ukraine border. No harm oregon injuries were reported, the determination authorities said successful a statement.
►A Ukrainian drone deed an vigor installation successful the Bryansk portion of Russia on the Ukraine border, Bryansk determination politician Alexander Bogomaz said Monday. A colony was near without power, helium said.
EU person pledges enactment for Ukraine done winter
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke by telephone Monday with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pledging to soon statesman disbursing $18 cardinal successful assistance successful monthly payments. She added that the EU volition proceed to enactment Ukraine done the wintertime with generators, airy bulbs, shelters, schoolhouse buses and different necessities.
"I conveyed my wholehearted enactment and champion wishes for 2023 to the Ukrainian people," she said successful a societal media post. "The EU stands by you, for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes. We enactment your heroic struggle. A combat for state and against brutal aggression."
Kyiv claims demolition of 40 Russian drones
Russia deployed aggregate exploding drones successful different nighttime onslaught on Ukraine, officials said Monday, arsenic the Kremlin signaled nary letup successful its strategy of utilizing bombardments to people the country’s vigor infrastructure and deterioration down Ukrainian absorption to its invasion.
The barrage was the latest successful a bid of relentless year-end attacks, including 1 that killed 3 civilians on New Year's Eve.
On Monday, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that 40 drones “headed for Kyiv” overnight. All of them were destroyed, according to aerial defence forces.
Contributing: The Associated Press
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