The names of 92 Russian military who died during the impact of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Makeevka on the night of January 1, 2023 were established. This is more than the Russian Ministry of Defense stated: 89 dead officially reported there. These numbers are given by BBC based on open sources.
The publication notes that the data cannot reflect the real level of losses, as they take into account only those dead whose surname, name, as well as the date and place of death are known. When compiling a list of those who died in Makeevka, journalists also studied the publications of local officials, the media and educational institutions, as well as the posts of relatives in social networks. It is noted that the families of 16 military personnel in Makeevka cannot find them, since they are neither in the list of dead or among the survivors.
The official data of the Ministry of Defense of the RFO of the dead differ from the BBC data. In early January, the defense department recognized that 63 military were killed as a result of a rocket strike on vocational schools. After announced 89 dead Russian military.