The Ministry of Defense of Russia has declared the capture of the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region, but the Ukrainian military denied this information. According to them, fierce battles continue in and around it, and the defenders continue to hold positions.
The Armed Forces General Staff last night reported that the occupiers had made 10 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Toretsk. “The main efforts of the invaders in the attacks were concentrated in the area of Toretsk. Ukrainian servicemen repelled all the attacks of the enemy, ”the message said.
According to the publication, Ukrainian military analysts say that the capture of the Toretsk, located on the hill, can allow the occupiers to further complicate the logistics of the Armed Forces in most of the Donbass.
It will also allow the Russians to move northwest to the regional logistics knot Konstantinovka, associated with several key cities.
"Most of the civilian population Toretsk has long been escaped or has been evacuated, and many city buildings are destroyed or badly damaged," the newspaper wrote.
Situation in the Toretsk area
Defense forces continue to keep Toretsk and the time of the ravine, where intense battles continue in urban development. "In the Kramatorsk and Toretsky directions, the fighting of high intensity continued in the urban development of the times of Yar and Toretsk,"-said the operational and strategic group of Khortytsa troops.
The full occupation of the city of Toretsk want to solve several tasks at once, said Ivan Tymochko, chairman of the Randaments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He added that the fighting for Toretsk enables the forces of defense to hamper Russian troops and to beat the long -range artillery at the places of accumulation of their forces from the Donetsk direction.
