According to Russia, a missile attack on New Year’s Day that claimed at least 89 Russian servicemen occurred as a result of soldiers using their cell phones.
According to officials, the adversary was able to find its target by using forbidden phones. There is already an inquiry underway.
According to Ukraine, the attack on a conscription college in Makiivka, in the seized Donetsk region, resulted in 400 troops being killed and another 300 being injured.
It is the most fatalities that Russia has reported during the conflict.
Two of the six rockets fired at a vocational college by a US-made Himars missile system at 00:01 local time on January 1 were shot down, according to Russia.
Lt Col Bachurin, the regiment’s deputy commander, was one of those slain, according to the government out a statement on Wednesday. of defence.
According to the statement, a panel is looking into the incident’s circumstances.
However, it was noted that despite being forbidden, it was “already evident” that the presence and “mass usage” of mobile phones by soldiers within range of Ukrainian weaponry was the primary cause of the attack.
This element made it possible for the adversary to find and pinpoint the precise position of military troops in order to launch a missile attack.
The statement also said that actions were being made to stop such incidents from happening in the future and that any officials found culpable in the probe would be prosecuted.
