Russian forces claimed to have killed round 600 Ukrainian troops in moves on army barracks in Ukraine’s japanese town of Kramatorsk, in retaliation for the deaths of dozens of Russian infantrymen in a rocket assault per week in the past.
The Russian Defence Ministry stated its missiles hit two transient bases housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops. But Kyiv has denied that there have been any casualties.
Serhii Cherevatyi, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s forces within the east, instructed The Associated Press that Russian moves on Kramatorsk broken simplest civilian infrastructure, including “the armed forces of Ukraine weren’t affected.”
The Donetsk regional management stated seven Russian missiles hit an academic establishment, an commercial facility and garages in Kramatorsk and two extra hit Kostyantynivka, with out inflicting any casualties.
“The world saw again these days that Russia lies even when it draws attention to the situation at the front with its own statements,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated all through his nightly cope with.
‘No exchange’ at the japanese entrance
Fighting on Ukraine’s frontline has persevered regardless of a unilateral truce known as through President Putin to coincide with Orthodox Christmas celebrations.
On Sunday, Ukrainian forces claimed to have hit a residential corridor of a clinical college in Rubizhne, a the town within the Russian-occupied japanese Luhansk area, killing 14 Russian infantrymen.
“The situation on the frontline has not changed significantly in the first week of the year. Heavy fighting continues in Luhansk and Donetsk regions – every hot spot in these areas is well known. Bakhmut is holding on despite everything,” stated President Zelenskyy.
“Although most of the city is destroyed by Russian strikes, our soldiers repel constant attempts of Russian offensive there,” he added.
