Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The city of Toretsk. Map: ISW Russian forces are preparing to capture the city of Toretsk in the coming days. The redeployment of ...

Ukraine controls roughly 40-50% of the town of Toretsk while the rest has been captured by Russia, the city's military administration head, Vasyl Chynchyk, said on Oct. 11. Speaking on air on national ...

Russian military commanders in Ukraine are lying about their successes, leaving their troops vulnerable to attacks by Kyiv's forces, according to reports. Pro-Moscow military bloggers have pinned ...

Russia's government said on Sunday its forces had captured another village in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, shortly after it claimed to have seized the city of Toretsk, which Kyiv denied.

Shrugging off record-high losses, Russian forces are advancing along several critical axes in eastern Ukraine. The Russians have captured Selydove, one of the towns that previously buttressed ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Friday that its forces had captured the coal mining town of Toretsk in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where ...

Russian troops are slowly advancing in several critical sectors along the 800-mile front line of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine. Sure, it’s costing the Russian armed forces between 1,200 and 2,000 ...

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) were used as assault infantry in the Donetsk region, according to open-source intelligence.

As of April 2025, 48 civilians are likely remaining in Toretsk. Due to constant Russian shelling, the city is almost completely destroyed, 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the ...

Oct 10 (Reuters) - Outmanned Ukrainian forces were fending off assaults by Russian troops inside the strategic city of Toretsk, Kyiv's military said late on Wednesday, as Russia continues its grinding ...

Ukrainian mortar teams are fighting back Russian drones and assault groups trying to advance on Toretsk in Ukrainian's Donetsk region. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir is embedded with Ukraine's 49th Separate ...