MADRID Jan. 13 () –
The Russian Government announced this Monday new progress in its offensive in eastern Ukraine with the capture of another town in the province of Donetsk, the main epicenter of its territorial progress in recent months, within the framework of the invasion unleashed in February. of 2022.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has indicated in a statement published on Telegram that “as a result of the decisive actions of units of the Center force group, the town of Pechanoe, in the Donetsk People’s Republic, has been liberated”, without kyiv has spoken so far on the matter.
Likewise, it has confirmed new fighting in the surroundings of several towns in Donetsk and has added that the Ukrainian Army has suffered “more than 615” casualties there. In addition, he has said that Russian troops have destroyed American and French-made armored vehicles, among other material.
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.
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