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The Latest Breaking News from Toretsk

A night with the drone squad targeting Russian forces in micro battles

In a dugout near the front in Donetsk, the Guardian joins Ukrainian police officers turned pilots during a shift

The Guardian - UK

Russian troops fight desperate battles for Ukraine’s east ahead of winter

Russia reportedly disregarding heavy casualties in bid to capture ground while vehicles can still manoeuvre.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war briefing: five killed in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Three men died in town of Kostyantynivka, two in city of Toretsk; CIA boss says west should not fear Russian nuclear threats. What we know on day 928

The Guardian - AU

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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv under heavy attack from Russian drones

Russia claims control of settlement adjoining Toretsk; Ukrainian strike on oil depot in Vozy, Kursk region. What we know on day 889

The Guardian - AU

As Russia Punches Forward, Ukraine's Toretsk Living In 'Hell'

Buildings in flames, burnt-out cars, deserted streets strewn with debris -- the once peaceful city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine has been transformed into an inferno of ruins and ashes.

International Business Times

'Dead City': Russia Swoops On Ukraine's Once-calm Toretsk

Compared to others in war-scarred east Ukraine, Galyna Poroshyna had been lucky to live in Toretsk, a mining town nestled in a relatively sleepy sector of the front line.

International Business Times

A Ukrainian rescue worker's memories are on pause as he evacuates people

After a classmate was killed in his hometown of Bakhmut — the longest and bloodiest battle in Russia's war on Ukraine — a rescue worker volunteered to evacuate people from the front lines.

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Two dead, eight wounded in Russian attack in Donetsk region - governor

Two people were killed and eight wounded in a Russian attack on the city of Toretsk in the eastern region of Donetsk on Monday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

Reuters

Ukraine holds line with Western arms, but needs more

Toretsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - First there was a teasing crackle of small arms fire then a burst of sharp bangs as Ukrainian assault infantry fired their US-made grenade launder at the Russian positions opposite.

AFP

Ukraine's elderly bikers defy cycle of violence

Toretsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - They look incongruous, but they are everywhere across Ukraine's embattled eastern Donbas region -- elderly cyclists, trundling back and forth on battered push bikes, refusing to be fazed by the chaos around them.

AFP

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 163 of the invasion

Three grain ships leave Ukraine as Russia signals it is ready to talk about a prisoner swap with the US after Brittney Griner sentencing

The Guardian - AU

Russian shelling kills eight in eastern town of Toretsk - Ukrainian governor

Eight people were killed and four were wounded in Russian artillery shelling in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk in Donetsk region on Thursday, the regional governor said.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 146 of the invasion

Russian shelling leaves six dead in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk, officials say; Zelenskiy appoints new spy chief after firing two top officials

The Guardian - AU

Russian shelling kills six in east Ukrainian town - emergency service

A Russian shell smashed into a two-storey building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk on Monday, killing six civilians who were sheltering there, the State Emergency Service said.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Shelling Kills Six in East Ukrainian Town

A Russian shell smashed into a two-storey building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk on Monday, killing six civilians who were sheltering there, the State Emergency Service said. It said on Facebook that rescuers found five bodies in the rubble and pulled three people out alive, but one later…

Los Angeles Times

'No one wants to risk getting trapped': In war, dangers multiply for Ukraine's miners

TORETSK, Ukraine — When a 155-millimeter rocket plows into the ground and you're 2,000 feet under it, you hear nothing — you barely even feel it. Which was why Andriy Podhornay was surprised when his manager came on the walkie-talkie and told the crew in the bowels of the St.…

Los Angeles Times

Top European leaders visit Kyiv amid fierce Russian attacks in the Donbas

TORETSK, Ukraine — The leaders of the European Union’s three most influential countries arrived in Ukraine on Thursday in one of the biggest displays of support for the beleaguered nation after four months of Russian assault.

The Independent UK

'Constantly depressing': Ukrainian town watches war close in

War has again drawn near to Toretsk in eastern Ukraine

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