Russian Military Says Phone Use Allowed Ukraine to Track and Target Troops in Missile Attack

Workers and emergencies' ministry members remove debris of a destroyed building purported to be a vocational college used as temporary accommodation for Russian soldiers, 63 of whom were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike as stated the previous day by Russia's Defense Ministry, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Makiivka (Makeyevka), Russian-controlled Ukraine, on Jan. 3, 2023. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

Moscow said that phone use allowed Ukrainians to target its troops in a recent missile attack just after the start of New Year’s Day.

Russia’s military leadership have come under increasing scrutiny, as more details emerged of how almost 90 Russian soldiers, and potentially more, were killed after a Ukrainian rocket attack on a vocational school used as a temporary barracks.