A rare public blame game has broken out between the Russian government and some pro-Kremlin leaders and military experts, after Moscow appeared to blame its own soldiers’ use of cell phones for ...

Ukrainian artillery targets Russian soldiers by pinpointing their phone signals. Despite the deadly results, Russian troops keep defying a ban on cellphone use near the front.

A Russian general was seriously injured by an exploding cellphone used in a failed assassination attempt by Ukraine’s Security Service, according to local reports. Major-General Yuri ...

Hird agreed that the use of cell phones by Russian soldiers likely played a role in the strike, as it seemed to be timed after Russian President Vladimir Putin's New Year's Eve speech, when many ...

Kremlin blames soldiers' cell phones, pundits blame Russia military leaders for Ukraine strike that killed 89. John Bacon. USA TODAY.

Russia said a Ukrainian HIMARS strike in the occupied Donetsk region in Ukraine killed dozens of its soldiers. The Russians say 89 soldiers were killed, and blamed their own troops for using cell ...

Russia on Wednesday blamed its soldiers’ own use of their cell phones for Ukrainians launching a New Year’s Day attack on a temporary Russian barracks outside of Donetsk. The Russian Ministry ...

The war in Ukraine entered 2023 with its deadliest attack yet on Russian troops – and an attempt by Moscow to shift the bulk of blame onto its own dead soldiers, writes David A. Andelman.

Russia told its troops not to use their cell phones. But they just couldn't help but turn them on around midnight on New Year's Eve.

Russian soldiers appear to be heavily relying on their personal cellphones to conduct military operations in Ukraine, using them for tasks like coordinating strikes and navigating the battlefield.