Russia announces new advances in eastern Ukraine with the capture of two towns in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia

MADRID Dec. 3 () –

The Russian authorities announced this Tuesday new progress within the framework of their offensive in eastern Ukraine with the capture of another town located in the province of Donetsk, one of the epicenters of the fighting in recent months, and another in the Zaporizhzhia province.

“Units of the South group of forces have liberated the town of Romanovka, in the Donetsk People’s Republic, as a result of decisive actions,” said the Russian Ministry of Defense through its Telegram account, where it has also assured that its troops They have also taken Novodarovka, in Zaporizhzhia.

Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, along with Lugansk and Kherson – all of them partially occupied within the framework of the invasion – were annexed in October 2022 by Russia, a measure not recognized by the international community that was added to the annexation in 2014 of the Crimean peninsula by Moscow.