THERE'S GROWING ANGER INSIDE OF RUSSIA, IN THE AFTERMATH OF A DEADLY
NEW YEAR'S DAY STRIKE ON RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN UKRAINE'S
OCCUPIED DONETSK REGION. SOME SAY RUSSIAN COMMANDERS
IGNORED THE DANGERS, THEIR OWN SOLDIERS, ONE RUSSIAN LAWMAKER
IS EVEN CALLING FOR PUNISHMENT. ALSO DISPUTES OVER THE NUMBER
OF RUSSIAN TROOPS KILLED IN THAT ATTACK.
WARNING THAT RUSSIA IS PLANNING A PROLONGED ATTACK, UKRAINE IS
GETTING BETTER AT TAKING OUT DRONES AND SAVORING SMALL
VICTORIES. >> INTERPRETER: OUR TASK IS TO
-- HUGE SHOT DOWN DRONE, SHOT DOWN
MISSILE, EACH DAY WITH ELECTRICITY FOR SCHEDULES OF
POWER OUTAGES. >> CNN'S SCOTT MCLAIN JOINS US
NOW FROM KYIV. THIS ATTACK ON MAKIIVKA, IS
INTERESTING TO SEE THE TOLL NUMBERS FROM UKRAINIANS.
INTERESTINGLY, THE CRITICISM THAT IS COMING WITHIN RUSSIA,
ON COMMANDOES OPERATING ON THE GROUND, TAKE US THROUGH THE
LATEST. >> YOU ARE NOT HEARING ANY
CRITICISM FROM WITHIN RUSSIA OF THE UKRAINIANS.
THIS IS WAR. WHAT YOU ARE HEARING THOUGH IS
CERTAINLY SOME LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION WITH THE MILITARY
AND LEADERS WHO ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN, SO MANY RUSSIAN TROOPS
AND EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONRY TO BE ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME
PLACE AT THE SAME TIME ESPECIALLY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
WHEN RUSSIA WAS LAUNCHING STRIKES OF ITS OWN.
ESSENTIALLY MAKING THE TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT SITTING DUCKS
MAKING THEM PRETTY EASY TARGETS AS WELL.
TEN MONTHS INTO THE WAR, THEY ARE SAYING THE LESSONS OUGHT TO
HAVE BEEN LEARNED BY NOW. PLENTY OF OPEN BUILDINGS AND
PLACES FOR RUSHING SO THAT THEY ARE NOT DISPERSED, PRO RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS FROM THE DENOTES PEOPLES REPUBLIC SUGGESTING
THAT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY HAS UNDERSTOOD THE CAPABILITY OF
THE UKRAINIAN HIMARS SYSTEM. --
IF YOU BELIEVE THE UKRAINIANS THE DEATH TOLL WAS 300 WITH 400
INJURED. THE NUMBERS AT THIS STAGE ARE
63. THE PRO-RUSSIAN OFFICIAL IN
THAT DPR E. JEAN SAYS HE EXPECTS THAT THE FINAL NUMBER
IS IN THE HUNDREDS, OR AT LEAST MORE THAN 100 AND IF YOU LOOK
AT THE LATEST PICTURE FROM THE SCENE, IT IS A PILE OF RUBBLE,
DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE HOW ANYONE COULD'VE SURVIVED THIS.
ONCE A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN MAKIIVKA, WE ALSO HAVE
SATELLITE PICTURES WHICH ARE LITTLE BIT BLURRY WHICH WAS
ONCE THAT SQUARE, THAT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, IT SEEMS
LIKE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, TRYING TO PICK THROUGH THE RUBBLE AND
COUNT THE DEAD BUT THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION FROM THE RUSSIAN
SIDE ON HOW HIGH OR IF THAT DOES FALL WILL INCREASE.
>> SCOTT MCLAIN, THANK YOU SO