“It is very difficult to say that today we control 40% or 50% of the city of Toretsk – OTU Luhansk October 17, 08:28 Share: This is what Toretsk looks like today (Photo: Video screenshot/Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine) Line of contact in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region, which they are trying to seize Russian invaders, constantly changing. On Thursday, October 17, the spokeswoman of the operational-tactical group Luhansk Anastasia Bobovnikova reported this on the air of the Kyiv TV channel. “So to say that today we (the Forces”, — write on: ua.news
This is what Toretsk looks like today (Photo: Video screenshot/MVU of Ukraine)
The line of confrontation in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region, which the Russian invaders are trying to capture, is constantly changing.
On Thursday, October 17, the spokeswoman of the operational-tactical group Luhansk, Anastasia Bobovnikova, announced this on the Kyiv TV channel.
“So to say that today we (Defense Forces of Ukraine — ed.) control 40% or 50% of the city — it is very, very difficult,” Bobovnikova noted.
The spokeswoman of Luhansk OTU also reported that the enemy is wiping the city of Toretsk off the face of the earth. Bobovnikova emphasized that the way Toretsk looks today is “very scary.”
“All the houses burned down, only concrete boxes remained,” the spokeswoman said.
Bobovnikova emphasized that by destroying Toretsk with artillery, aviation and drones, the Russian invaders are thus trying to capture the city.
“The enemy enters the already scorched earth in small assault groups, trying to gain a foothold where there is actually nothing,” said the spokeswoman of the Luhansk OTU about the tactics of the Russians.
The situation in the city of Toretsk is the main thing
It became known in August that the Russians had entered Toretsk. On September 18, the Institute for the Study of War reported on the advance of the Russians in the eastern regions of Toretsk.
Geolocated footage from September 29 showed that Russian forces advanced within the city — in the western direction along Druzhba Street in the center of Toretsk.
On September 30, analysts reported that the invaders advanced into the center of Toretsk and captured a village near Pokrovsk. On September 25, the Donetsk Regional State Administration said that about one and a half thousand people remain in the city. Go to Toretsk “almost impossible,” but local residents have supplies of food and water.
On October 9, the press secretary of Luhansk Technical University, Anastasia Bobovnikova, said that the Russians were advancing in the urban development of Toretsk, on Tsentralnaya Street. Heavy fighting continues.
On October 10, she announced that the Russian invaders are continuously storming Toretsk and there is not a single surviving building left in the city.
On October 11, the head of Toretsk MBA, Vasyl Chinchyk, stated that the Russians occupied about 50% of Toretsk.
On October 15, DeepState reported that Russian troops had advanced into Toretsk, Donetsk region.
On the same day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed how Toretsk looks like today.