A rare public blame game has broken out between the Russian government and some pro-Kremlin leaders and military experts, after Moscow appeared to blame its own soldiers' use of cell phones for a Ukrainian strike that killed at least 89 troops. 9News
The Russian Ministry of Defence said that "the main cause" of a strike in the occupied city of Makiivka was the widespread use of cell phones by Russian soldiers, "contrary to the ban," which allowed Ukraine to "track and determine the coordinates of the soldiers' locations".
CNN cannot independently verify either side's reported death toll. In either case, the strike marks one of the deadliest episodes of the conflict for Moscow's forces. Vehicles on fire at the oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Makiivka, 15 km east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
Referring to the conflict both by its Kremlin euphemism - "special military operation" -and also by the word "war," he said: "If you ask me personally what is the most dangerous thing in war, I will answer unequivocally: not to bother".Pegov was joined in his sentiments by Denis Pushilin, the pro-Russian DPR leader, who pointedly praised the "heroism" of the soldiers killed in the strike shortly after the government pinned the blame on them.
"And we took advantage of that, having detected the target powerfully and destroyed it," Cherevatyi added.Sunday's strike had already sparked vocal criticism of Moscow's military from pro-Russian bloggers, who claimed that the troops lacked protection and were reportedly being quartered next to a large cache of ammunition, which is said to have exploded when United States-made HIMARS rockets hit the school.
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