A spokesperson for the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk stated on October that the situation in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, is very unstable because Ukraine is fighting Russian troops in the eastern outskirts. 7. “The fighting is occurring within Toretsk.” Anastasia Bobovnikova, a spokesperson for national television, said that the situation was unstable. “Fights are literally taking place at every building entry,” she said. Moscow has been focusing its efforts on Toretsk as part of its grinding assault in Donbas. Russia has taken over the town of Vuhledar in Ukraine’s eastern region and is closing in on Pokrovsk. “But the situation changes constantly.” We destroy their positions, and they destroy ours. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, Russian forces launched 11 attacks on Toretsk on October 7. They also attacked nearby settlements. Twelve more ground attacks were launched over night on October 8. According to the crowdsourced monitoring site DeepState, settlements on Toretsk’s eastern outskirts – Pivnichne, Zalizne, Druzhba, and Pivdenne are in Russian hands. (DeepState/OpenStreetMaps)According to the monitoring group, Russian forces have been advancing along Tsentralna Street since late September and have reached the town’s center as of Oct. 7.The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the claims. Toretsk was home to more than 30,000 people prior to the full-scale conflict. Russian attacks have forced its residents to flee, with only 1,600 remaining in the area by mid-September.
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