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UNCOVERED: Toretsk - Caught on Camera

US medic describes horrors of Ukraine frontline – but says hearing Trump pontificate about peace is more traumatic

SPECIAL DISPATCH: A US medic in charge of the care of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers on the front line tells world affairs editor Sam Kiley near Konstantinyvka how Russia does not commit to ceasefires, her fury at Trump’s betrayal and why Ukraine will never give up

The Independent UK

Russia Captures Toretsk In Eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Region

Russia's Defense Ministry claims control of Toretsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region, part of broader offensive. International community watches as conflict esc...

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Russia Says Captured Key Mining Town Of Toretsk In East Ukraine

Russia said Friday its forces had seized the mining town of Toretsk in east Ukraine after months of heavy fighting, the biggest town Moscow claims to have taken in recent months.

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Russia claims it's taken another eastern Ukraine town. Kyiv officials make no comment

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its forces have captured the mining town of Toretsk, their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defenses are creaking

The Independent UK

Russia Says Advancing Towards Flashpoint Ukrainian City

Russia said on Saturday it had captured a village flanking the eastern flashpoint city of Toretsk in Ukraine, while Kyiv said eight people had died in Russian attacks overnight.

International Business Times

Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war map: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline as 2025 begins?

Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk

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A night with the drone squad targeting Russian forces in micro battles

In a dugout near the front in Donetsk, the Guardian joins Ukrainian police officers turned pilots during a shift

The Guardian - UK

Russian troops fight desperate battles for Ukraine’s east ahead of winter

Russia reportedly disregarding heavy casualties in bid to capture ground while vehicles can still manoeuvre.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war briefing: five killed in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Three men died in town of Kostyantynivka, two in city of Toretsk; CIA boss says west should not fear Russian nuclear threats. What we know on day 928

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv under heavy attack from Russian drones

Russia claims control of settlement adjoining Toretsk; Ukrainian strike on oil depot in Vozy, Kursk region. What we know on day 889

The Guardian - AU

As Russia Punches Forward, Ukraine's Toretsk Living In 'Hell'

Buildings in flames, burnt-out cars, deserted streets strewn with debris -- the once peaceful city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine has been transformed into an inferno of ruins and ashes.

International Business Times

'Dead City': Russia Swoops On Ukraine's Once-calm Toretsk

Compared to others in war-scarred east Ukraine, Galyna Poroshyna had been lucky to live in Toretsk, a mining town nestled in a relatively sleepy sector of the front line.

International Business Times

A Ukrainian rescue worker's memories are on pause as he evacuates people

After a classmate was killed in his hometown of Bakhmut — the longest and bloodiest battle in Russia's war on Ukraine — a rescue worker volunteered to evacuate people from the front lines.

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Two dead, eight wounded in Russian attack in Donetsk region - governor

Two people were killed and eight wounded in a Russian attack on the city of Toretsk in the eastern region of Donetsk on Monday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 163 of the invasion

Three grain ships leave Ukraine as Russia signals it is ready to talk about a prisoner swap with the US after Brittney Griner sentencing

Reuters

Russian shelling kills eight in eastern town of Toretsk - Ukrainian governor

Eight people were killed and four were wounded in Russian artillery shelling in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk in Donetsk region on Thursday, the regional governor said.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 146 of the invasion

Russian shelling leaves six dead in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk, officials say; Zelenskiy appoints new spy chief after firing two top officials

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Russian shelling kills six in east Ukrainian town - emergency service

A Russian shell smashed into a two-storey building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk on Monday, killing six civilians who were sheltering there, the State Emergency Service said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Shelling Kills Six in East Ukrainian Town

A Russian shell smashed into a two-storey building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk on Monday, killing six civilians who were sheltering there, the State Emergency Service said. It said on Facebook that rescuers found five bodies in the rubble and pulled three people out alive, but one later…

Los Angeles Times

'No one wants to risk getting trapped': In war, dangers multiply for Ukraine's miners

TORETSK, Ukraine — When a 155-millimeter rocket plows into the ground and you're 2,000 feet under it, you hear nothing — you barely even feel it. Which was why Andriy Podhornay was surprised when his manager came on the walkie-talkie and told the crew in the bowels of the St.…

Los Angeles Times

Top European leaders visit Kyiv amid fierce Russian attacks in the Donbas

TORETSK, Ukraine — The leaders of the European Union’s three most influential countries arrived in Ukraine on Thursday in one of the biggest displays of support for the beleaguered nation after four months of Russian assault.

The Independent UK

'Constantly depressing': Ukrainian town watches war close in

War has again drawn near to Toretsk in eastern Ukraine

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