RUSSIAN ANGER GROWS OVER DEADLY ATTACK IN OCCUPIED MAKIIVKA

Tue 03 January 2023:

Russian nationalists and some lawmakers have demanded punishment for commanders they accused of ignoring dangers in the aftermath of one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes.

“What happened in Makiivka is horrible,” wrote Archangel Spetznaz Z, a Russian military blogger with more than 700,000 followers on the Telegram messaging app.

“Who came up with the idea to place personnel in large numbers in one building, where even a fool understands that even if they hit with artillery, there will be many wounded or dead?” he wrote. Commanders “couldn’t care less”, he said.

Sergei Mironov, a legislator and former chairman of the Senate, Russia’s upper house, demanded criminal liability for the officials who had “allowed the concentration of military personnel in an unprotected building” and “all the higher authorities who did not provide the proper level of security”.

Grigory Karasin, a member of the Senate and former deputy foreign minister, not only demanded vengeance against Ukraine and its NATO supporters but also “an exacting internal analysis”.

UKRAINIAN MISSILE STRIKE KILLS 63 RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN IN DONETSK – RUSSIAN MILITARY

Ukraine says Russian military equipment destroyed in Makiivka

The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces has said that up to 10 units of Russian military equipment in Makiivka were damaged or destroyed during an attack, without specifying their nature.

In a rare admission of responsibility, the Ukrainian military confirmed having conducted “a strike on Russian manpower and military equipment”.

The attack followed a barrage of attacks on Ukrainian cities. “It should be noted that the Russian occupiers carried out 27 airstrikes against civilian infrastructure using the Shahed-136 UAV. All these drones were shot down,” the military said in a statement on social media.

Russian authorities ban Ukraine’s currency in annexed regions

Russian authorities have banned the use of Ukraine’s national currency in four regions Russia formally annexed in September, the US-based Institute for the Study of War has said.

All transactions in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia will have to be tendered in the Russian ruble, the think tank said.

Russian-Occupied Areas Update:

Russian occupation authorities officially banned the use of #Ukraine’s national currency and announced that all transactions throughout occupied territories in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts must be tendered in the Russian ruble. https://t.co/2p3ZyiprJF

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) January 3, 2023