Russia announces new territorial advances in Ukraine with the capture of two more towns in Donetsk

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MADRID Dec. 20 () –

The Russian Government has announced this Friday new progress within the framework of the offensive in the Ukrainian province of Donetsk (east), where Russian troops have taken two other towns, within the framework of the war unleashed in February 2022 by the order of invasion given by the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has indicated in a statement published on its Telegram account that “units of the Center force group continue to advance deep into the enemy’s defenses and have liberated the towns of Novopustynka and Pushkino, in the Donetsk People’s Republic.” .

Donetsk, along with Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia 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.