Moscow says Ukrainian strike in Donetsk kills 63 Russian soldiers

TIL Desk/World/Moscow/ Amid the ongoing conflict, the Russian Defence Ministry today said that 63 soldiers of Russia have been killed due to Ukraine’s strike through US-manufactured HIMARS, a report said.

Speaking to reporters, the Russian defence ministry said that Ukrainian forces hit six rockets of HIMARS at the temporary deployment point of one of the units of Russian armed forces in Makiivka region of Donetsk.

“The Kyiv regime struck with six rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system at the temporary deployment point of one of the units of the Russian armed forces in the area of the settlement of Makeevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” .

“As a result of the destruction of four missiles with a high-explosive warhead of the temporary deployment point, 63 Russian servicemen were killed,” it further said. The Russian defence ministry said that the air defence systems of Russia shot down two HIMARS rockets.