“Intense fighting continues in Toretsk, the occupiers want to break through Shcherbynivka — OSUV Khortytsia December 31, 22:35 Share: Toretsk (Photo: Serhiy Okunev / NV) In Toretsk, Donetsk region, intense urban fighting continues. The occupiers are trying to break through the village of Shcherbynivka and capture the refractory plant. This was stated by the representative of the Khortytsia OSU, Viktor Tregubov, on the air of the telethon “Edyni novynyi”. “Urban battles are a kind of battles with very”, — write on: ua.news
Toretsk (Photo: Serhii Okunev / NV)
Intense urban fighting continues in Toretsk, Donetsk region. The occupiers are trying to break through the village of Shcherbynivka and capture the refractory plant.
Viktor Tregubov, representative of the Khortytsya State Security Service, stated this on the air of the One News telethon.
“Urban battles are a peculiar type of battles with a very high intensity. In Toretsk, both city battles and an attempt to break through Shcherbynivka are underway. Recently, the 3rd Assault Division repelled an enemy attack in Leonidovka and destroyed 9 enemy BPMs,” Tregubov said.
The threat of capturing the city of Toretsk remains, the Russians bombard the positions of the Armed Forces with “meat” – OTUV Luhansk
According to him, there are also constant urban battles in Chasovoy Yar.
“The Russians are constantly trying either to break through and break through the Ukrainian positions behind the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal, or to break through to the architectural dominant of the city – this is a fire-resistant combine, but in the latter case they have never been successful, because it is physically difficult.” – added the speaker.
What is known about the situation in Toretsk
On December 2, the speaker of Luhansk OTG, Anastasia Bobovnikova, said that in the battles for Toretsk, the Russian occupiers are losing about one mechanized battalion every week.
As of December 10, approximately 400 people remained in Toretsk, Vasyl Chinchyk, head of the Toretsk City Military Administration, reported.
According to him, street battles continue in the city, there is no clear front line in Toretsk. There is not a single surviving building in the town.
On December 24, Bobovnikova said that in the Toretsk area, the situation at the front is the most difficult, the Russians are constantly storming, and fighting is going on for almost every house.