Ukrainian servicemen prepare cannon shells before firing them towards positions of Russian troops in Donetsk region © Thomson Reuters
Reuters: Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of Ukraine war's deadliest strikes
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia acknowledged on Monday that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war's deadliest strikes, drawing demands from Russian nationalist bloggers for commanders to be punished for housing soldiers alongside an ammunition dump.
Russia's defence ministry said 63 soldiers had died in the fiery blast which destroyed a temporary barracks in a former vocational college in Makiivka, twin city of the Russian-occupied regional capital of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
It said the accommodation had been hit by four rockets fired from U.S.-made HIMARS launchers, claiming two rockets had been shot down.
Kyiv said the Russian death toll was in the hundreds, though pro-Russian officials called this an exaggeration.
Russian military bloggers said the huge destruction was a result of storing ammunition in the same building as a barracks, despite commanders knowing it was within range of Ukrainian rockets.
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WNU Editor: Reuters is only getting part of the above story correct. Russian mil-bloggers are demanding that commanders be punished for placing their soldiers in harms way. But the real anger and calls for revenge, from what I see on Russian social media, is directed at the Ukraine government and its military. For the propagandists in the Kremlin who are responsible for maintaining Russian public support for this war, their job has just gotten easier.
Russians kill 600 Ukrainians from Russian artillery...Progress and much congratulations.
ReplyDeleteUkrainians kill 600 Russians with artillery ... Much teeth gnashing by Russians about how low down and dirty the Ukrainians are.
Delayed mental development? Hubris? What is wrong with Russians?
Much congratulations? What a lunatic. At this rate the Russian public will be demanding the use of tactical Nukes to end this war against Ukrainian Nazis. Sooner the better
DeleteCorrect , what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Russia fits the description of nazi..l bekeive they rolled tanks over the border, execute and torture civilians, destroy civilian infrastructure and execute their own men for retreating..heil Putin
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ReplyDeleteEvery thing you say Fazzy, You can also say about the other side.
ReplyDeleteEver look at the pictures from Bucca?
Tell me jazzy what color were then arm bds on the dead?
Also Dit you read the latest interview from the Leader of Mozart Group who is helping the Ukies out? You should.
Don.t let bias cloud thinking and critical thought.
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8:34 does not give 2 F's about how ethnic Russians are treating Crimean tartars in Crimea.
ReplyDeleteMaybe most of the problem is with the Russians and not other peoples?
Rather be a tarter in Crimea, than an
ReplyDeleteorthodox Russian in the Ukraine right now. And your point is?