On December 31, 2022, explosions took place on the territory of a vocational school in the temporarily occupied city of Makiivka near Donetsk, which the Russian Federation most likely seized for military use. British intelligence analyzed the recent losses of the Russian Federation in Makeevka.

The school building was completely destroyed and, as confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 89 Russian servicemen were killed..

Given the extent of the destruction, there is a real possibility that the ammunition was stored near the soldiers' quarters.. Ammunition detonated on impact, causing secondary explosions.

The building was located just 12.5 km from the Avdiivka section of the front, which is one of the hottest spots of the war..

“The Russian military has a history of unsafe ammunition storage long before the current war, but this incident highlights how unprofessional actions lead to a high level of casualties among the Russian military,” said British Defense Ministry analysts..

Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 04 January 2023Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t. co/sTvI8nDoqa? #StandWithUkraine? pic. twitter. com/hxvMq4spju.

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Recall, StratCom reported that on the night of January 1, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a vocational school in temporarily occupied Makeyevka, where Russian mobilized. As a result, they announced about 400 " The Russian Federation subsequently confirmed the strike on the concentration of its military, underestimating the number of victims and laying responsibility on the military themselves, who, despite the ban, "

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