China News Agency, Moscow, January 2 (Reporter Tian Bing) The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on January 2 that the Ukrainian armed forces attacked the temporary deployment of Russian troops in the Donetsk Makeyevka area, killing 63 people. Russian soldiers died.
Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Konashenkov reported on the same day that the Ukrainian armed forces used the "Hippocampus" multiple rocket launcher system to attack a temporary deployment site of the Russian army in the Makeyevka settlement in the Donetsk region. 63 Russian soldiers were killed.
The Ukrainian army fired 6 "Hippocampus" rockets, two rockets were intercepted by the Russian air defense system, and 4 rockets with explosive warheads hit the temporary garrison.
Konashenkov also stated that the Russian army continues to conduct special military operations against Ukraine.
Among them, in the past 24 hours, the Russian Air Force used high-precision weapons to attack several Ukrainian "foreign legion" temporary deployment sites in the Donetsk region and Kharkiv region, killing more than 70 foreign mercenaries. Injured more than 100 people.
In the direction of Donetsk, after the Russian army defeated the 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, the Russian army won a new favorable front in offensive operations.
The Ukrainian army lost nearly 70 people, 4 infantry vehicles and 5 military vehicles.
In addition, the Russian air defense system shot down 15 Ukrainian drones over the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
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