– Europa Press/Contact/Tommaso Fumagalli
MADRID, December 23 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this Tuesday its withdrawal from a town located in the province of Donetsk, as part of Russian advances in the midst of an invasion launched in February 2022 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Intense fighting continues in Siversk. The Russian occupiers have a significant advantage in terms of numbers and equipment and, despite considerable losses, continue their active offensive operations. To preserve the lives of our soldiers and the combat capability of the units, the Ukrainians withdrew from the city,” we read in a statement.
The Ukrainian army argued that its troops “exhausted the enemy in the battles for Siversk and every meter of the city was surrendered to the enemy at a high price”, but “the invaders managed to advance thanks to a significant numerical advantage and constant pressure of small assault groups in unfavorable weather conditions.”
Russia has made progress in recent months in Ukraine, with the epicenter in Donetsk. In September 2022, Moscow annexed the partially occupied provinces of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, while it also managed to penetrate Kharkiv, Sumi and Dnipropetrovsk, in addition to annexing the Crimean peninsula in 2014.
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