Ukraine disputes Russian claims that 600 soldiers were killed.

A Russian allegation that it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in an offensive has been dismissed by Ukraine as "propaganda."

Without offering any supporting data, Moscow said that more than 600 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a "massive missile attack" in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.

It claimed that it was in reprisal for a Ukrainian attack on a Russian base on New Year's Day that resulted in the deaths of several Russian servicemen.

The Ukrainian military, however, claims that this is inaccurate.

According to Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army, "This is another another piece of Russian misinformation."

In a hit on facilities temporarily holding Ukrainian military, the Russian defence ministry claimed that it had killed more than 600 Ukrainian personnel. Two structures were home to more than 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers, according to Moscow.

It referred to the assaults as a "retaliatory strike" in retaliation for the deaths of 89 Russian soldiers in Makiivka. While Russian nationalists have claimed hundreds of people were murdered or injured in the event, the Ukraine claims that as many as 400 people were killed or injured.

Moscow has yet to provide any evidence to support its assertion of the killings in Kramatorsk.

The BBC has established the location of two sites in Kramatorsk that are around a mile apart by comparing photographs of the assault that were released by local authorities to Google satellite data and other images online.

The strikes took place next to two vocational schools, numbers 28 and 47, which correspond to Russian dormitory numbers. According to Moscow, the structures housed Ukrainian military personnel.

However, there is no observable proof that these two buildings were seriously damaged or that there were as many casualties as Russia claims.

Reports on the ground contradict Kremlin

Although the 36-hour ceasefire in Russia was in no way like a truce, Kramatorsk residents felt around seven explosions shortly after it ended.

We took the decision to go to the shelter when we heard the windows rattling. We had only heard a couple sirens and small thuds up to that point. This signalled a return to the nearly regular missile attacks Kramatorsk has seen.

Moscow's cease-fire had only resulted in the tiniest amount of calm in the city; the same couldn't be said for the neighbourhood.

The local mayor published pictures of damaged structures and said that the explosions had caused damage to two educational facilities, eight residential complexes, and garages.