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]

4 days ago · Russia said on Saturday it had captured a village flanking the eastern flashpoint city of Toretsk in Ukraine as Kyiv said four people had died in overnight Russian strikes.

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. The effort to control the city is part of a renewed effort to capture portions of Donetsk Oblast.. As of …

Jan 5, 2025 · Russia has been moving through Toretsk for many months, claiming more of the Donetsk city that has been a Ukrainian stronghold and the gateway to the logistics hub of Kostiantynivka, to the ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Building on their momentum in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces have seized control of yet another small town, military experts say, taking another step in their grinding push to conquer the entire ...

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...

Oct 8, 2024 · Russian troops have now entered Toretsk, a city about 50 miles north of Vuhledar, and are advancing toward its center, according to battlefield maps compiled by independent groups analyzing...

Aug 6, 2024 · Ukrainian troops are engaged in a harsh struggle for Toretsk, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine that has been under relentless assault by Russian forces.

Oct 11, 2024 · Ukrainian forces control around half of the strategic city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine as they attempt to stave off assaults by Russian troops, the city's local authorities said on Friday.