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]

3 days 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 ...

1 day ago · 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.

3 days ago · Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's military denied the city had been captured ...

3 days ago · Russia said Friday its forces had seized the mining town of Toretsk in east Ukraine after months of heavy fighting, allowing Moscow to push further into the Donbas region. Kyiv denied Russia had full control of the industrial hub. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The Kremlin ...

4 days ago · Moscow, Feb 7 (EFE).- The Russian forces have captured the strategically vital city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, following months of fierce fighting, the defense ministry said on Friday, The ...

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.

3 days 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 ...