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At least 63 Russian troops were killed by Ukrainian strikes in the Donetsk region on Monday, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement Monday confirming one of the deadliest, most effective attacks by Ukrainian forces since the war began in February.
The Kremlin said that the attacks near the city of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine were launched by the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which the Biden administration has given to the Ukrainian military as part of its ongoing aid program. The use of HIMARS in such a deadly attack against Russian troops surely will ratchet up tensions between Moscow and Washington, as Russian officials already argue that Washington and its NATO allies are a party to the conflict by equipping Kyiv with lethal arms.
