Russian soldiers' mobile phone use allowed Ukraine to locate the Makiivka quarters.
Unresolvable Claimed by Ministry of Defence of Russia on 4 January 2023.
The statement
Lieutenant General Sergey Sevryukov said the Makiivka toll had risen to 89 and that soldiers' unauthorised mobile phone use let Ukraine track and target them.
- Origin of the claim Al Jazeera
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2023-01-04) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-8a2w carries the mobile phone explanation only as Russia's defence ministry statement; the record has no independent evidence of how the Makiivka quarters were located. |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-yqz2, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-yqz2/