Clash over the number of dead in an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk.
According to Kiev, 400 Russian soldiers died.
Moscow denies it and speaks of 63 soldiers killed.
According to the
Moscow Defense Ministry
, the Ukrainian raid hit Makiivka in Donetsk, killing
63 Russian servicemen
.
The Tax reports it.
"As a result of an attack by four high-explosive warhead missiles on a temporary deployment point, 63 Russian servicemen were killed," the defense ministry said in a statement.
Earlier, without claiming responsibility for the attack, the Ukrainian military said
400 Russian soldiers
were killed in Makiivka, in the Moscow-controlled part of eastern Donetsk region.
New night of Russian attacks in various areas of Ukraine
.
Explosions were reported in the Kiev, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
and air raid alarms went off in several oblasts of the country.
Last night, Ukrainian forces shot down all 42 aerial targets - 41 drones and one missile - fired by the Russians over Ukraine, according to an army bulletin on Telegram.
"On the night of January 1-2, 2023, the Russian invaders launched a massive attack with Iranian-made Shahed 131/136 kamikaze drones. As a result of the combat work,
the defense of the Air Force, in cooperation with other components
of the Ukrainian army, destroyed all 39 attack drones -
the message reads - Anti-aircraft missile units, fighter planes of the Air Force and mobile fire groups were involved in repelling the attack. supplied to Ukraine by our Western partners are increasingly involved. In addition, the anti-aircraft destroyed two 'Orlan-10' operational and tactical level drones and one X-59 guided aerial missile".
For his part,
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said 40 "martyrs" (Shaded in Farsi means martyr) thrown by the Russians were destroyed, including 15 in neighboring regions, 3 in the Kyiv region and 22 in the capital.
The Kyiv Independent speaks of explosions that occurred in the early hours of the night in the Ukrainian capital, with the city's military administration confirming that it has activated the anti-aircraft.
Strana broadcaster reports on an explosion in Dnipro.
The Tass agency speaks of three explosions reported in Zaporizhzhia and one in Melitopol.
Last night's Russian attack on Kiev damaged the energy infrastructure of the Ukrainian capital: Mayor Klitschko made it known on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform.
"Emergency power outages have been declared in the city. Some heat supply facilities have been disconnected from the electricity grid. Water is being supplied on a regular basis
," Klitschko informed.
A 19-year-old boy was injured and a residential building was damaged in the capital as a result of the attack.
Instead, reports are beginning to spread of
an attack launched by Ukrainian forces against what is called a Russian "military accommodation" in Makiivka, in the Donetsk region, during New Year's Eve
.
At least 25 Himars missiles were fired in the night against the region and at least 15 people were injured in Makiivka, according to the region's administration, which was installed by Moscow after the invasion.
The governor of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, added that Russian air defense systems intercepted numerous Ukrainian missiles.
Subsequently, the pro-Russian mayor of Donetsk Alexey Kulemzin said a "building of the children's and youth recreation center" was damaged in the attacks in Makiivka.
For his part, the first deputy information minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic, Daniil Bezsonov, said there had been a "massive" attack on a vocational school, which according to preliminary information cited by
international media served as "housing for military personnel".
In a Telegram update late
yesterday evening, Bezsonov wrote:
"There were dead and wounded, the exact number is still unknown."
However, according to the Ukrainian Armed Forces the attack launched on the night of December 31 an attack on a "Russian military personnel base" in Makiivka left
400 Russian soldiers dead and 300 others injured.
Ukrainian media reports, who publish photos and videos of the place where the Russian soldiers were, mostly mobilized, completely destroyed.
Alexander Sladkov, a war correspondent for the Rossiya TV channel, said that there were mobilized Russians at the base and the blow to the base was launched at midnight, while the soldiers were at the table to celebrate the New Year.
According to Moscow's Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian raid that hit Makiivka killed 63 Russian servicemen, reports Tass.
"As a result of an attack by four high-explosive warhead missiles on a temporary deployment point, 63 Russian servicemen were killed," the defense ministry said in a statement.
Earlier, without claiming responsibility for the attack, the Ukrainian military said 400 Russian soldiers were killed in Makiivka, in the Moscow-controlled part of eastern Donetsk region.
Also,
a Ukrainian drone attacked an electrical installation in Russia's Klimovsky district, damaging it.
This was announced by the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, quoted by the Tass agency.
No casualties are reported.
"All operational services are working on site. As a result of the attack, the power plant was damaged and there is no electricity in the village," the governor wrote on Telegram.
Bryansk region is located on the border with Ukraine.
The Russian news agency Ria Novosti reports that in mid-December falling rocket fragments cut off the power supply of the village of Ardon in the urban district of Klintsy.
And on December 20, the Kiev army fired on the Suzemsky district, where the power
supply was cut off and the railroad tracks were damaged.
On the same day, a drone attacked the territory of the distribution zone in the Trubchevsky district, the administrative building was destroyed.