In Ukraine, the year began with the reduction to ashes of a Russian barracks. An apparent Ukrainian attack in the Russian-occupied east appears to have killed a large number of Russian troops billeted next to an ammunition depot, according to Ukraine’s military, pro-Russian military bloggers and former officials.
CNN cannot independently confirm the number of Russian deaths or the weapons used in the attack. The Ukrainian military later said that the number of Russian servicemen killed in Makiivka, in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, was “being clarified.” The report is from CNN’s Ben Wedeman.
