Russia has acknowledged more victims of the January 1 attack in Makeevka.

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed 89, instead of the previous 63 killed servicemen.

According to Moscow, Ukrainian forces established the exact coordinates of its military after Russian soldiers used their mobile phones, even though they are strictly prohibited from doing so.

89, not 63 killed Russian soldiers, as previously claimed.

In one of its few casualty announcements since the start of the war in February last year, the Russian Defense Ministry corrected the death toll from the strike in Makeevka in the occupied Donetsk region.

"On January 1 - a minute after midnight Moscow time, the Ukrainian armed forces attacked a point for the temporary deployment of a Russian military unit. Six Heimers missiles were fired against the building, two were shot down by our air defense systems, and another 4 hit the unit. About "Unfortunately, after clearing the debris, it became clear that 89 people died. Among them, Deputy Commander Lt. Bahurin," said Lt. Gen. Sergey Sevryukov of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces.

Data from Moscow and Kyiv about the damage caused differ greatly.

According to the Ukrainian side, the victims are 400, and the injured over 300. They are unanimous about the way in which the Ukrainian military got the coordinates of the stricken building, reports BNT.

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"The main reason is the unregulated use of mobile phones by soldiers, despite the ban on using them in areas where the enemy has the opportunity to strike," said Lieutenant Sergey Sevryukov.

A special commission is investigating the circumstances surrounding the case and those responsible will be brought to justice, added the Russian command.

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At the time, Defense Minister Shoigu announced that the number of Russian soldiers who had died since the beginning of the invasion was just under 6,000.

The strike in Makeevka provoked unprecedented criticism from Russian citizens against their military command.

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