The Russian army claims this Sunday to have carried out attacks against military barracks in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, and inflicted heavy casualties on its adversary in “retaliation” for the Ukrainian bombardment of Makiivka, which had killed at least 89 Russian soldiers on 1 from January. .
A “criminal strike” from Kyiv, according to Moscow
“In response to the criminal attack by the kyiv regime in the first minutes of January 2023… Russian forces carried out a retaliatory operation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report, noting that it hit two barracks.
The ministry did not indicate the precise date of this strike.
Vladimir Putin decreed a 36-hour ceasefire on Thursday for Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th of January, on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas. However, firing was observed on both sides of the front.
Shootings in full Christmas truce
Local Ukrainian authorities reported that Kramatorsk was hit by seven rockets overnight. Two other rockets targeted the nearby town of Kostiantynivka.
On Saturday, AFP journalists present in Kramatorsk heard at least four explosions before midnight.
The Russian army presented this attack as revenge for the one carried out in Makiivka, in pro-Russian separatist territory in eastern Ukraine, just minutes after the start of the new year.
The Ukrainian army had attacked a temporary deployment point for Russian soldiers there, killing at least 89 soldiers, according to the report provided by Moscow.
Source: BFM TV
