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89 Russian servicemen died in a Ukrainian missile strike on Makiivka-UPDATED

04 January 2023 02:19 (UTC +04:00)

The number of Russian servicemen killed in the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on the temporary station of Russian servicemen in the Donetsk region's Makiivka district has risen to 89, APA's Moscow correspondent reports citing Russian Defense Ministry.

Noted that on the night of December 31 to January 1, the Ukrainian army used the HIMARS missile launcher system to attack the Russian Armed Forces' temporary deployment point in Makiivka.

On January 2, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that 63 of its servicemen had been killed.

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02.01.2022

Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday that 63 Russian servicemen had been killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on their temporary accommodation in the town of Makiivka, in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, APA reports citing Al-Arabiya.