Russian troops have now entered Toretsk, a strategic hilltop city, and are pressing with assaults elsewhere in the Donetsk region.

Russian forces have reached the outskirts of Toretsk, an eastern Ukrainian frontline city, just days after capturing the strategic town of

Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine's military said late on Monday, less than a week after the fall of the bastion town of Vuhledar.

Russian troops have entered the eastern outskirts of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, and fierce fighting continues. Source: Anastasia Bobovnikova, spokesperson for Luhansk Operational and Tactical Group, on the air of national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "The situation on the Toretsk front remains the heaviest,

The Russian Armed Forces entered the eastern outskirts of Toretsk. This was stated by the press secretary of the operational-tactical grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Lugansk" Anastasia Bobovnikova. Battles are being fought for every entrance, she said.

The situation in Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast is very unstable as Ukraine is fighting Russian forces in the eastern outskirts of the front-line town, a spokesperson of the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk said on Oct.

The town in the eastern Donetsk region, once home to over 30,000, now has just 1,600 residents.View on euronews

The situation in Toretsk, Donetsk region, is difficult, as Russian forces have entered the eastern outskirts of the city. Intense fighting is taking place, with battles being fought for every house entrance,

She described the ongoing fighting in the city as fierce, with battles "literally for every entrance." “The hottest spot right now is the Toretsk direction,” said Bobovnikova. “The fighting is happening within Toretsk itself.