“Unfortunately, during the analysis of the rubble of reinforced concrete structures, the number of our comrades who died increased to 89,” the military department said in a Telegram message.
It is noted that as a result of the shelling, the deputy commander of the regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Bachurin, died.
It is clarified that assistance is being provided to the families of the victims.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that as a result of a strike by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the HIMARS MLRS on the settlement of Makeyevka, 63 Russian servicemen were killed.
The blow was struck at the point of temporary deployment of one of the Russian units.
On January 3, events were held in Samara and Togliatti in memory of the soldiers who died in Makeyevka.