7:20 a.m .: The Russian army claims to have carried out strikes in “reprisal” to that of Makiïvka
The Russian army assured on Sunday that it carried out strikes on military barracks in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, and inflicted heavy losses on its adversary in “retaliation” to the Ukrainian bombardment on Makiivka, which killed at least 89 Russian soldiers at New Year.
A Ukrainian military official denied this. “In response to the kyiv regime’s criminal strike in the first minutes of January 2023 (…), Russian forces carried out a retaliatory operation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report, claiming to have struck two barracks.