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    Further on that 2 Archived Message

    Posted by Tomski on January 2, 2023, 3:29 pm, in reply to "Al Jaz: An attack on a facility in Makiivka .. hundreds of Russians killed"

    H/T MoA. This looks like a confirmation fwiw.

    About the New Year tragedy in Makiivka, Donetsk
    At 00.01 on 1 January 2022, three HIMARS rockets struck the vocational school building in Makiivka, Donetsk. The building had housed several hundred soldiers from the 14444 regiment since mid-December. Yes, they were all mobilised. Someone else's criminal naivety decided to house the ammunition depot there, which detonated as a result of the strike.

    ▪️With our information, there were about 600 people in total in the building.

    ▪️Confirmed casualties are around 70. Clearance of the rubble continues. Estimated casualties are as high as 110 people.

    ▪️Injured over 100 people (according to Operational Reports 136 (https://t.me/opersvodki/12242)).

    ▪️Loss of documents and communications, disruption of control.

    The mobilised claim responsibility lies with regimental commander Colonel Roman Yenikeyev. We partially disagree with them: the Colonel's only fault is that he blindly followed orders of his superiors and failed to settle his unit in accordance with the realities of the front.

    The blame for the tragedy lies with the command of the 1st AP of the DNR. Unfortunately after the death of General Roman Kutuzov, they neglected common sense and intelligence for the sake of military science and expediency.

    Versions of what happened have already appeared on the Internet - they include use of mobile phones (https://t.me/MedvedevVesti/12628), and agents of the enemy on the ground. Everyone is to blame, except the leadership, which decided to choose a place of maximum compactness.

    The strike on the PTU is not the first incident on the conscience of the corps command. On August 12, artillery of the enemy hit the CP, which was located in the control building of Leninskaya mine. Even intelligence information about the impending attack did not lead to any conclusions - as a result, tragedy struck.

    The work of the military prosecutor's office will increase. The main thing is not to write off the incident by assigning blame, but to unravel the whole thread.

    https://t.me/Eurekapress/8508

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