Ukraine claims to have killed 400 Russians in missile attack

Ukraine has claimed that its armed forces killed 400 Russians and injured 300 more in a missile attack on New Year's Eve.

The attack was on a Russian military base in occupied Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast. The Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made the claim on Telegram. The Russian-installed administration of the Donetsk region in Ukraine said on Sunday that at least 25 rockets were fired at the region in the attack.

Pro-Russian authorities have acknowledged casualties, but not confirmed the figures reported by Ukraine, according to BBC News.

Daniil Bezsonov, a senior Russian-backed official in the occupied parts of Donetsk, said the missile strike hit the building where Russian forces were thought to be stationed two minutes after midnight on New Year's Day.