{"id":2796,"date":"2023-01-04T12:33:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T12:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:36:28","slug":"russia-says-phone-use-allowed-ukraine-to-attack-its-own-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/russia-says-phone-use-allowed-ukraine-to-attack-its-own-forces\/2023\/01\/04\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says phone use allowed Ukraine to attack its own forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyiv,<\/span>UKRAINE<\/span> (AP)<\/span> Jan,4–<\/span> Unauthorized<\/span> use<\/span> of<\/span> mobile<\/span> phones<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> soldiers<\/span> led<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> deadly<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> missile<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> facility<\/span> where<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> stationed,<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Lieutenant<\/span> General<\/span> Sergey<\/span> Sevlyukov<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> late<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> army<\/span> was<\/span> able<\/span> to<\/span> “determine<\/span> the<\/span> coordinates<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> personnel’s<\/span> position”<\/span> by<\/span> telephone<\/span> signal<\/span> and<\/span> launch<\/span> the<\/span> attack.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Sevryukov<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> is<\/span> taking<\/span> unspecified<\/span> steps<\/span> to<\/span> “prevent<\/span> similar<\/span> tragic<\/span> events<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> future”<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> promised<\/span> to<\/span> punish<\/span> officials<\/span> who<\/span> made<\/span> the<\/span> mistake.<\/span>
\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> Sevryukov,<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> was<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> deadliest<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> forces<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> began<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> ten<\/span> months<\/span> ago,<\/span> and<\/span> occurred<\/span> one<\/span> minute<\/span> after<\/span> New<\/span> Year’s.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> latest<\/span> blow<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> prestige<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> struggling<\/span> to<\/span> advance<\/span> its<\/span> neighbor’s<\/span> aggression,<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> sparked<\/span> renewed<\/span> criticism<\/span> within<\/span> Russia<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> way<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> is<\/span> being<\/span> waged<\/span> amid<\/span> a<\/span> successful<\/span> counterattack<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> military<\/span> fired<\/span> six<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> rockets<\/span> from<\/span> his<\/span> US-supplied<\/span> HIMARS<\/span> multiple-launch<\/span> system<\/span> at<\/span> buildings<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> “Makiyivka<\/span> district”<\/span> where<\/span> soldiers<\/span> were<\/span> stationed.<\/span> Two<\/span> rockets<\/span> were<\/span> launched,<\/span> but<\/span> four<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> building<\/span> and<\/span> exploded,<\/span> causing<\/span> the<\/span> building<\/span> to<\/span> collapse.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>British<\/span> intelligence<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> that<\/span> Moscow’s<\/span> “unprofessional”<\/span> military<\/span> operations<\/span> were<\/span> likely<\/span> partly<\/span> responsible<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> high<\/span> casualty<\/span> rate<\/span> in<\/span> Makyewka.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>\u201cGiven<\/span> the<\/span> extent<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> damage,<\/span> there<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> realistic<\/span> possibility<\/span> that<\/span> ammunition<\/span> was<\/span> being<\/span> stored<\/span> near<\/span> to<\/span> troop<\/span> accommodation,<\/span> which<\/span> detonated<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> strike,<\/span> creating<\/span> secondary<\/span> explosions,\u201d<\/span> the<\/span> U.K.<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> Twitter<\/span> post.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>In<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> post,<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> building<\/span> struck<\/span> by<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> missiles<\/span> was<\/span> little<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 12<\/span> kilometers<\/span> (7.5<\/span> miles)<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> front<\/span> line<\/span> near<\/span> Avdiivka,<\/span> within<\/span> \u201cone<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> contested<\/span> areas<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> conflict.\u201d<\/span> Both<\/span> Makiivka<\/span> and<\/span> Avdiivka,<\/span> a<\/span> key<\/span> target<\/span> of<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> grinding<\/span> offensive<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Donetsk<\/span> region,<\/span> lie<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> outskirts<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> namesake<\/span> capital.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cThe<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> has<\/span> a<\/span> record<\/span> of<\/span> unsafe<\/span> ammunition<\/span> storage<\/span> from<\/span> well<\/span> before<\/span> the<\/span> current<\/span> war,<\/span> but<\/span> this<\/span> incident<\/span> highlights<\/span> how<\/span> unprofessional<\/span> practices<\/span> contribute<\/span> to<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> high<\/span> casualty<\/span> rate,\u201d<\/span> the<\/span> update<\/span> added.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Meanwhile,<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin-appointed<\/span> leader<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Donetsk<\/span> region,<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> four<\/span> that<\/span> Moscow<\/span> illegally<\/span> annexed<\/span> in<\/span> September,<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> praised<\/span> the<\/span> \u201ccourage<\/span> and<\/span> true<\/span> heroism\u201d<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> dead<\/span> Russian<\/span> soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Denis<\/span> Pushilin<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> Telegram<\/span> post<\/span> that<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> those<\/span> killed<\/span> tried<\/span> to<\/span> pull<\/span> their<\/span> comrades<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> burning<\/span> building.<\/span> In<\/span> Samara,<\/span> southwestern<\/span> Russia,<\/span> locals<\/span> gathered<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> for<\/span> an<\/span> Orthodox<\/span> church<\/span> service<\/span> to<\/span> mourn<\/span> the<\/span> dead.The<\/span> ceremony<\/span> was<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> minute’s<\/span> silence<\/span> and<\/span> wreaths<\/span> laid<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> Soviet-era<\/span> war<\/span> memorial,<\/span> state<\/span> officials<\/span> said.<\/span> Reported<\/span> by<\/span> RIA<\/span> Novosti.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> unconfirmed<\/span> Russian-language<\/span> media<\/span> reports,<\/span> the<\/span> victims<\/span> were<\/span> reservists<\/span> mobilized<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> area.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Russian<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Defense,<\/span> though<\/span> acknowledging<\/span> casualties<\/span> infrequently,<\/span> initially<\/span> said<\/span> 63<\/span> soldiers<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> attack.<\/span> However,<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> rose<\/span> as<\/span> emergency<\/span> services<\/span> searched<\/span> the<\/span> building’s<\/span> rubble.<\/span> Among<\/span> the<\/span> dead<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> deputy<\/span> commander<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> regiment.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> unconfirmed<\/span> reports,<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> is<\/span> much<\/span> higher.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Directorate<\/span> General<\/span> of<\/span> Strategic<\/span> Communications<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Armed<\/span> Forces<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday<\/span> that<\/span> about<\/span> 400<\/span> mobilized<\/span> Russian<\/span> soldiers<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> about<\/span> 300<\/span> wounded<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> vocational<\/span> school<\/span> building<\/span> in<\/span> Makyovka.<\/span> This<\/span> claim<\/span> could<\/span> not<\/span> be<\/span> independently<\/span> verified.<\/span> A<\/span> Russian<\/span> statement<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> strike<\/span> took<\/span> place<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> “Makiivka<\/span> district”<\/span> and<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> mention<\/span> vocational<\/span> schools.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kyiv,UKRAINE (AP) Jan,4– Unauthorized use of mobile phones by Russian soldiers led to a deadly Ukrainian missile attack on a facility where they were stationed, the Russian military said. Lieutenant General Sergey Sevlyukov said in a statement late Tuesday that the Kyiv army was able to “determine the coordinates of the military personnel’s position” by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,280,2480,2482],"tags":[76,132,154,170,174],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ukr.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}