In the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military is said to have inflicted heavy casualties on Russian forces with an artillery strike. The Ukrainians managed to hit enemy troops and military equipment near the village of Chulakivka, the Ukrainian general staff said in its situation report today.
“The enemy’s losses amount to 500 dead and wounded,” he said. The attack had already taken place on New Year’s Eve. The information provided by the military could not be independently verified. Both parties to the conflict often speak of great losses on the opposite side.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Russian units in Fedorivka were also hit a day later. The number of victims is still being verified. Fedorivka and Chulakivka are both located on the southeast side of the Dnipro River, in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region.
Yesterday it became known that a shelter for Russian soldiers in the city of Makiivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine was destroyed in an attack on New Year’s Eve. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially admitted the death of 63 conscripts. Kyiv calculated enemy losses at 400 killed and 300 wounded. Russian military bloggers also spoke of several hundred casualties.