Saturday, October 05, 2024
name of Prensa Latina
Bandera inglesa
English Edition
Search
Close this search box.
name of Prensa Latina

NEWS

NEWS

Russian military seize Ukrainsk in Donetsk

Moscow, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Russian troops took control of the town of Ukrainsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Tuesday.

The military body posted Tuesday on its Telegram channel a series of pictures showing Russian fighters hanging a flag in the ventilation shaft of a mine located on the outskirts of Ukrainsk, the locality was occupied after fierce fighting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin assures that the goals of the special military operation in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, are to protect the population from genocide by the Kyiv Government, and tackle the national security risks posed by the advance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to the east. The republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as the provinces of Kherson and Zaporozhie, joined Russia at the end of September 2022 after holding respective self-determination referendums.

Ied/omr/ro/gfa

LATEST NEWS
RELATED