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In a major strategic win, Russia takes control of Toretsk, pushing forward in its efforts to gain full control of southern ...

Russian forces have turned the cities of Chasiv Yar and Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, as well as Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast, ...

The centre of Toretsk is almost entirely under Russian control, according to the DeepState project. Fighting continues in the city, where some areas remain under Ukrainian control. Fierce battles for ...

To rebuild Ukraine’s economy successfully, argue the authors, policymakers should help facilitate the return of Ukrainian ...

a strategic hilltop town that was home to 12,000 people before the war. Toretsk is one of a string of mining towns in the Donetsk region, and Russian forces have been fighting for months to ...

The city of Toretsk ... 60,000 residents before the invasion. Its loss would be much more concerning for Ukraine. Emil Kastehelmi, a military analyst tracking the war in Ukraine for The Black ...

The city of Toretsk, further north ... which had around 60,000 residents before the invasion. Its loss would be much more concerning for Ukraine. Emil Kastehelmi, a military analyst tracking the war ...