In the area of the settlement of Makeyevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the temporary accommodation of Russian troops. Killed as a result of the shelling 63 military, reports the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The shelling of the location of the Russian military was carried out by the Ukrainian side from multiple rocket launchers (RSZO) American made HIMARS. Air defense systems of the Russian Armed Forces were able to shoot down two HIMARS rockets. However, four rockets with a high-explosive warhead still hit the point of temporary deployment.
Earlier, a number of Russian Telegram channels reported, that in the suburbs of Donetsk on New Year's Eve the building of the local vocational school was shelled, which was used to house military personnel. Then the fact of the strike on the PTU was acknowledged by the Deputy Minister of Information of the Donetsk People's Republic Daniil Bezsonov.
Posted on local social media, that the building housed mobilized military personnel. The blow was struck at that moment, when the military sat down at the festive table, to celebrate the new year.
How military men write, the blow to the building was delivered clearly on the tip of local fire spotters, associated with the agents of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (Ukrainian military intelligence). An investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy is currently ongoing..