Around 400 Russian soldiers killed in missile attack, says Ukraine

The attack hit a building in Makiivka - a city in Russia-occupied Donetsk region - where Russian forces were said to be stationed

Ukraine said around 400 Russian soldiers have died in a missile attack on the occupied Donetsk region. Russian officials contested the figure, admitting only to 63 of their troops being killed. Neither claim has been verified. 
 

The attack hit a building in the city of Makiivka, where Russian forces were stationed. It is extremely rare for battlefield casualties to be confirmed by Moscow.
 

Russia’s defence ministry said 63 soldiers had died in the fiery blast which destroyed a temporary barracks in a former vocational college in Makiivka, twin city of the Russian-occupied regional capital of Donetsk.
 

It said the accommodation