(Jan 2): Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday that 63 Russian soldiers had been killed in a Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on their quarters in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk province. Earlier, Ukraine's defence ministry said as many as 400 Russians had been killed. AmmunitionRybar said there had been about 600 people in the building, and that ammunition had been stored in the same facility. Russia's Defence Ministry gave its estimate of the death toll only in the final paragraph of a 528-word daily battlefield roundup. Girkin, who has bitterly criticised Russia's military failures in Ukraine, also said ammunition had been stored at the facility.

Source: The Edge Markets January 02, 2023 20:58 UTC