Units “continue to advance deep into enemy defenses,” according to the Russian Defense Ministry, which announced the conquest of Serebrianka and Nikolaevka. Ukraine has not yet commented.
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The Russian authorities announced this Wednesday the capture of two more towns in the province of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine and the main focus of the invasion launched by Moscow’s forces in February 2022.
The Russian Ministry of Defense indicated in a statement on the Telegram network that “Units of the Southern group of forces liberated the city of Serebrianka,” while the Center group took control of Nikolaevka.
According to the Ministry of Defense, these units “continue to advance deep into enemy defenses”after having taken dozens of places in Donetsk in recent months.
kyiv has not yet commented on Russia’s announcement.
The regions of Donetsk and Lugansk (east) and Kherson and Zaporizhia (south) were declared Ukrainian provinces annexed by Moscow, although its troops only partially occupy each of them and the international community does not recognize it, as has happened since 2014 with the peninsula of Crimea.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, with the argument of protecting the pro-Russian separatist minorities in the east and “denazifying” the neighboring country, independent since 1991 – after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union – and which has been moving away. of Moscow’s space of influence and get closer to Europe and the West.
The war in Ukraine has already claimed tens of thousands of lives on both sides, and recent months have been marked by large-scale airstrikes by Russia against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, while kyiv forces have attacked targets in the nearby Russian border and on the border. Crimean Peninsula, illegally annexed in 2014.
Already in the third year of the war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces faced a lack of soldiers, weapons and ammunition, despite repeated promises of help from Western allies, which began to materialize.
Negotiations between the two sides have been completely blocked since spring 2022, with Moscow continuing to demand that Ukraine accept the annexation of part of its territory and refusing to negotiate as long as Ukrainian forces control the Russian Kursk region, partially occupied in August.
Source: Observadora
