6 hours ago · Russia’s claimed fall of Toretsk, if confirmed, would advance its sweep across the Donetsk, which has cost Moscow heavily in troops and armor but has paid dividends for the Kremlin. In the offensive, Russian forces crush settlements with the brute force of 3,000-pound (1,300-kilo) glide bombs, artillery, missiles and drones, then send in ...

Toretsk (Russian: Торецк) is an industrial city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Toretsk urban hromada. As of January 2022, its population was approximately 30,914.[4]

7 hours ago · MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Russian forces have taken control of the city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday. Reuters could not independently confirm the ...

6 hours ago · Most of Toretsk's civilian population has long since fled or been evacuated and many of the city's buildings are pulverised or badly damaged. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest ...

The battle of Toretsk is an ongoing engagement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for control of the city of Toretsk and the settlements in the surrounding area, [a] beginning on 18 June 2024.

6 hours ago · Russia's Defence Ministry announces the capture of Toretsk, a key coal-mining city in eastern Ukraine. The capture could aid Russian forces in complicating logistics for the Ukrainian military. However, Ukraine and independent sources have not confirmed this claim, and Toretsk remains a conflict zone with extensive damage.

Oct 8, 2024 · Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, less than a week after the fall of the bastion town of Vuhledar.

Oct 8, 2024 · Russian forces have reached the outskirts of the long-contested strategic town of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military confirmed that fighting was taking place in the town late on...