Russia says cellphone use led Ukraine to target its troops

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military says unauthorized use of cellphones by Russian soldiers led to a deadly Ukrainian rocket attack on the facility where they were stationed. It raised the death toll from the weekend attack to 89. Gen. Lt. Sergei Sevryukov said in a statement late Tuesday (Jan. 3, 2023) that phone signals allowed Kyiv’s forces to “determine the coordinates of the location of military personnel” and launch a strike. The attack was one of the deadliest on the Kremlin’s forces since the start of the war over 10 months ago. It marked yet another setback for the Kremlin’s bogged-down war effort in Ukraine that has been undermined by a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive.