By Hugo Bachega in Kyiv and George Wright in London
BBC News
Ukraine has labelled a Russian claim that hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers were killed in an attack “propaganda”.
Moscow claimed, without providing any evidence, that a “mass missile strike” in the eastern city of Kramatorsk had killed more than 600 Ukrainian forces.
It said it was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack on a Russian base that killed dozens of Russian soldiers on New Year’s Day.
But the Ukrainian military says this is untrue.
“This is another piece of Russian propaganda,” Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army, told the BBC.
Russia’s defence ministry said it had killed more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in a strike on buildings temporarily housing Ukrainian forces. More than 1,300 Ukrainian troops were housed in two buildings, Moscow said.
It called the attacks a “retaliatory strike” to avenge the deaths of 89 Russian troops killed in Makiivka.
Ukraine says as many as 400 people were killed or wounded at Makiivka, while numbers into the hundreds have been given by Russian nationalists on social media.
Moscow is yet to offer any proof of Russia’s claim to have killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers.
On Saturday, journalists from the AFP news agency in Kramatorsk, which is located in the eastern region of Donetsk, heard at least four explosions before midnight.
There was further shelling in various parts of Ukraine overnight after the end of what Russian President Vladimir Putin said was a 36-hour ceasefire by Russian forces so Orthodox Christians could celebrate Christmas. Evidence suggests this so-called ceasefire was not adhered to by Moscow.
Ukrainian officials said at least one person was killed in the Kharkiv region in the north-east.
Explosions were also reported in the southern cities of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol.
Russia’s defence ministry said that Ukraine had returned 50 captured Russian soldiers after negotiations. Kyiv confirmed that it had received the same amount of soldiers in return from Russia.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64204048
The only 600 Ukrainian soldiers killed, is in the RT newsroom. If the orcs are claiming they killed 600, it guarantees that is how many orcs went to hell, the other day.
In the early stages of putler’s holocaust, the orcs managed to murder a significant number of sleeping soldiers in a barracks in Mykolaiv. I can’t remember if it was a missile or shelling. It was a shocking tragedy at the time and it is to hoped that arrangements were put in place to avoid a reoccurrence. I doubt if 600 would be allowed to sleep in one place after that. I hope not anyway.
Reuters have visited the place that russia claims to have destroyed. There is no damage, signs of destruction or dead bodies.
Well that’s good news and important, because Ukraine can’t afford to take those sort of losses. The orcs on the other hand need to be smoked at a rate of 2000/day.
Moskali are so petulant.
“Moscow claimed, without providing any evidence, that a “mass missile strike” in the eastern city of Kramatorsk had killed more than 600 Ukrainian forces.”
Hmm … this story seems to be sort of like a déjà vu or something like that. So, I suppose if the next time Ukraine damages the Kerch Bridge, the ruskies will damage 2 of Ukraine’s Kerch Bridges. And, if Ukraine destroys 4 ruskie ammo dumps, the ruskies will destroy 6 Ukrainian ammo dumps. And, the next time the Ukrainians will eliminate 400 cockroaches in their quarters, the ruskies will eliminate 600 Ukrainians.
We all saw the evidence with our own eyes after the Ukraine destroyed the cockroach nest, so far all we see in Kramatorsk is a crater outside an empty building. I guess that is enough evidence for the orc army.
Just like truth, justice and decency, the orcs cannot grasp the concept of evidence.
ONLY ON THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE WAR RUSSIA HAS HIT UKRAINIAN MILITAIRY TARGETS………………..JUST SAYING…