00:01 local time. Makiivka Massacre. Ukraine. The Ukrainian army destroys the entire building used by the Russian army to hold a New Year’s Eve party in occupied Makeevka (or Makiivka) in Donetsk, eliminating an entire battalion from Saratov with a single, precision HIMARS missile strike. The munitions stored on the ground floor explode when the first HIMARS launches. According to Ukrainian and some Russian sources, the death toll is approximately 400 and 300 wounded. According to official Russian sources, the death toll stands at 64.
