Officials at a vocational school in an eastern Ukraine city dismissed claims by Russia that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in a missile strike there, saying that a rocket merely blew out windows and damaged classrooms. 9News
Ukrainian officials on Sunday quickly denied the Russian claims it had lost a large number of soldiers in the attack.
During the war, both sides have regularly claimed killing hundreds of each other's soldiers in attacks. The claims can seldom be independently verified because of the fighting. The Institute for the Study of War think tank said the bloggers "responded negatively to the Russian claim, pointing out that the Russian MoD frequently presents fraudulent claims and criticising Russian military leadership for fabricating a story ... instead of holding Russian leadership responsible for the losses accountable."
Such revenge strikes have occurred before. When Ukraine in early October struck a bridge linking the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a key symbol of Russian power in the region, the Kremlin sent a first massive barrage against Ukraine's energy facilities.
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