Anastasia Bobovnikova said Anastasia Bobovnikova was a spokesperson for the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk on October 14.
Toretsk is located about 35 kilometers (20 miles north of occupied Donetsk). In recent months, the town has become one Donetsk Oblast‘s most popular spots as Russian troops continue to advance in Ukraine’s eastern region.
Bobovnikova stated that “now the town looks like a desert world: there are no shelters available for civilians or troops, and this unfortunately allows the enemy to occupy the new areas on scorched ground.”
DeepState, a crowdsourced monitoring site, reported on October 15 that Russian troops had advanced in Toretsk during the last day.
Bobovnikova, speaking on national television, said that Russian soldiers switch their military uniforms into civilian clothes in order to move towards Ukrainian positions. This tactic is also used by Russian troops in other embattled towns.
According to local authorities Kyiv controlled 40-50% of the city as of October 11, while the rest was captured by Russia.
The Ukrainian military had previously stated that fighting was taking place “at each building entrance” while Russian forces pushed from the east along Tsentralna Street (Central Street).
Losing Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast would be a further blow to Ukraine after its forces were forced from Vuhledar to the south. Russian forces continue to push toward Kurakhove, and Pokrovsk – a key logistic hub located about 50 kilometers (30 miles), west of Toretsk.
“Now the town is more like a desert world: there are no shelters either for civilians or for soldiers,” said Anastasia Bobovnikova. She was a spokesperson from the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk.
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This includes 1,210 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
According to Vitalii Kim, the Russian forces attacked the city at around 2:30 am with S-300 anti-aircraft weapons. An industrial complex, a restaurant, shops, residential structures, and cars were all damaged.
According to the Eastern Human Rights Group, Ukrainians suffering from diabetes, bronchial asthma, and other illnesses on Russian-occupied territory will no longer be eligible for free medication unless they obtain Russian passports by 2025.
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Josep Borrell announced on October 14 that he plans to extend the EUMAM for two more years, pending the approval of the EU Council.
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Andrii Kostin, the prosecutor general of Brazil, said that “information” that Putin might attend the G20 Summit in Brazil obligates the Brazilian authorities to arrest him.
According to Ukraine’s Military Intelligence, Russia’s fall and winter plans include “the actual participation of North Korea in war”, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 14.
The treaty stipulates that both countries must provide military support to each other in the event of an attack. The first treaty was signed by Putin in June 2024 with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
According to German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl, Moscow’s ultimate goal is to “push” the U.S. “out of Europe,” to roll back NATO borders to the 1990s and to create a Russian sphere of influence that will cement a new world order.
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Pavlo Rozlach said that the commander of Ukraine’s 80th air assault brigade, Pavlo, had revealed that a Ukrainian company had sneaked into Kursk Oblast and hidden in the forest in groups of six soldiers.
According to an analysis published on October 14 by the Kyiv Institute of Economics (KSE), 70% of Russia’s seaborne exports are transported by its “shadow fleet” of older, poorly insured tankers.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that “there can be no appeasement of Russia if it continues to try and solve the ‘problem,’ of Ukraine’s existence.”
The EU’s new sanctions list includes individuals and entities that are responsible for the transfer of drones and rockets to Russia.
Oleh Kiper, Governor of Odesa Oblast, said that the attack damaged two civilian ships — NS Moon flying a Belizean flag and the Palau flagged OPTIMA. The Russians targeted the latter on October 7 last week.
Voloshyn, when asked by the Kyiv independent about the alleged seizure Levadne said that the situation is “developing quite dynamically”, and each side can regain the leadership.
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