Himars strike kills dozens of Russian soldiers waiting for speech on front line

Several military Telegram channels blamed Major General Zurab Akhmedov for the incident, which killed more than a hundred soldiers' Photo: Telegram

The Russian Ministry of Defense at the time denied that the 155th Infantry Division of the Marine Corps, whose soldiers wrote an open letter accusing the general of incompetence, suffered heavy losses.

The exact number of victims is still unknown , but some speculate that there have been more deaths than a few days of recent fighting on the southern front, where Ukraine is waging a massive counteroffensive.

If confirmed, it will make it the largest fatal incident suffered by Russian forces since the Khimar strike on a school used as a barracks near Donetsk on New Year's Eve.

In recent months, the number of precision strikes « Khimar» in Russian positions decreased. after the Kremlin developed electronic warfare techniques to suppress missile guidance systems.

The attack on Kremmina may signal that Ukraine has succeeded in reprogramming missiles to overcome these measures.

Wagner boss «at Berlusconi's funeral»

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner's mercenary group and public critic of the Russian Defense Ministry, said he could not comment on the alleged attacks because he was «at [Silvio] Berlusconi's funeral» on Wednesday.

Neither side reported significant activity on the southern front on Friday. Ukraine declined to comment in detail on operations there, citing security concerns.

Several Russian sources said it was raining heavily, which could trigger a pause in hostilities.

Ukraine reported. At night, three Russian cruise missiles hit industrial facilities in the city of Krivoy Rog. Another rocket and 20 drones with explosives were intercepted.

The head of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that nine Ukrainian drones were shot down over the peninsula.