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On December 31, the Ukrainian military launched a precision strike against a makeshift Russian barracks in the town of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
According to Russia's Defense Ministry, the Ukrainians were able to pinpoint the makeshift barracks using cellular data. Russian reservists based there had turned on their cell phones, allowing Ukrainian military intelligence to pick up their location and pass the targeting data up the chain of command, according to the ministry.
Soon thereafter, highly effective fire from US-provided M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems rained down on the target, setting off explosions that Russia says were made more intense by the detonation of ammunition that had also been stored in the barracks building.
Estimates of Russian casualties in the attack range from 89 killed, as reported by Russia, to Ukraine's claim of some 400 killed and 300 more wounded.
Russian lawmakers, military bloggers, and the troops' families have disputed the Kremlin's claim that the reservists' poor discipline got them ..
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