Headline Roundup • January 2nd, 2023
Ukraine Says it Killed Hundreds of Russian Troops in New Year's Missile Strike
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Ukraine's military said it killed over 400 Russian troops and injured 300 more in a New Year's Eve missile strike.
The Details: At least four artillery warheads hit a Russian base in the occupied Donbas region of Ukraine. Russia's military said that 63 of its troops had been killed in the strikes, which it blamed on U.S. HIMARS missile systems being used by Ukraine's military. Neither death toll number has been confirmed. Ammunition being stored in the base reportedly detonated as a result of the strikes.
Key Quotes: Ukraine's military said Sunday on Telegram that "as a result of 'careless handling of heating devices,' neglecting security measures, and smoking in an unspecified place, Santa packed about 400 corpses of Russian servicemen in bags." A Russian official said that a "massive blow was dealt to the vocational school from American MLRS Himars" and that "There were dead and wounded, the exact number is still unknown."
How the Media Covered It: Sources across the spectrum were clear that they hadn't independently confirmed the number of dead Russian soldiers, while highlighting conflicting reports from both sides about the death toll. Many also highlighted the reports that the strike was carried out using American missile systems.
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Ukraine killed dozens of Russian servicemen using U.S.-supplied artillery to hit a base in an occupied part of the country on New Years Eve, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
Sixty-three servicemen died after 4 HIMARS artillery warheads struck a “provisional base,” the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday in a Telegram post. Two projectiles were shot down, the statement added.
Earlier, a senior Russian-backed official in occupied Donetsk said “vocational school” in the city of Makiivka had been hit by U.S.-supplied HIMARS.
“A significant number of dead and wounded,” Daniil Bezsonov, said in...
Ukraine's Armed Forces hit a Russian military base in occupied Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast on New Year's night, killing 400 soldiers and injuring at least 300, the Strategic Communications Department of Ukraine's military wrote on Telegram.
Russian soldiers were stationed in a local school building, the report reads.
Ukraine's General staff hasn't reported this strike, only saying in its daily update that 760 Russian troops were killed on Dec. 31.
According to Russian Defense Ministry, cited by the Russian state-controlled news outlet RIA Novosti, Ukraine struck the military base in Makiivka using High-Mobility Rocket...
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...
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