Russia blames troops’ cellphone use for deadly Ukrainian strike
6 min read . Updated: 04 Jan 2023, 06:35 PM IST 
PremiumRussian military officials raise the death toll in the New Year’s Day incident to 89
Russia blamed the use of banned mobile phones by soldiers for a strike by Ukrainian forces on a facility that housed newly mobilized Russian soldiers and raised the death toll to 89, as Ukraine’s president warned that the Kremlin was preparing for a new offensive in the war.