The Ministry of Defense of Russia blamed the illegal use of mobile phones in the devastating missile attack on Ukrainian barracks in the city of Make-up artisthowever, Moscow claimed that only 89 of its soldiers died there.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 315:

A brief retelling of the last events of the war:

• The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that as a result of the Ukrainian attack on the occupied city of Makiyivka in the Donetsk region, 89 soldiers were killed, adding that the main reason for the attack was the unauthorized use of mobile phones by soldiers.
• The Ukrainian military said about 500 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded on New Year’s Eve in another strike near the southern Ukrainian city of Chulakivka in the Kherson region.
• A little-known patriotic group that supports the widows of Russian soldiers has called on Vladimir Putin to order the mass mobilization of millions and close the borders to ensure victory in Ukraine.
• The fourth suspicious death among Putin’s entourage in a week: on Friday, December 30, Volodymyr Nesterov died under unknown circumstances at the age of 74.
• Some protesters in Germany are calling on Berlin to reconsider its support for Ukraine, citing a legacy of Soviet ties to communist East Germany and decades of German dependence on Russian gas.
• French President Emmanuel Macron once again said that Ukraine “needs our support more than ever”, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also said that Ukraine can count on long-term support.
• Vladimir Putin plans to hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday.
• In a grim video released on New Year’s Day, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, was filmed visiting a basement near the eastern front in Ukraine filled with the corpses of his fighters.
• A Russian missile attack destroyed an ice rink in the town of Druzhkivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the Ukrainian Hockey Federation said, after earlier reports that a missile had hit the town and injured two people.
• The President of Russia instructed his government to organize the screening of some “documentary films” about the offensive of Moscow’s troops in Ukraine in cinemas by February.
• The Embassy of Ukraine in Romania reacted on Facebook to the parade held on New Year’s Eve in the city of Bacau, where people dressed as Russian soldiers, vehicles transformed into tanks and rockets with the inscription “Z” passed through the streets.
• Russia has no intention of ending the war against Ukraine and will continue offensive actions in various directions, one of the options that Ukrainian officials are considering is the possibility of a simultaneous offensive from the north and east, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.
• Russian factories that produce military equipment work around the clock, and the usual New Year’s holiday is no longer beneficial to employees, the head of the state corporation Rostec said on Monday.

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• Tuesday’s events surrounding the Russian invasion were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro