Russian Forces Conquer Important Mining City of Toretsk in Donetsk Region – Ukrainian Defenders Resisted for 5 Months – City Is Badly Damaged (VIDEOS)

by | Feb 7, 2025 | Aggregate | 0 comments

Russian Forces Conquer Important Mining City of Toretsk in Donetsk Region – Ukrainian Defenders Resisted for 5 Months – City Is Badly Damaged (VIDEOS)
February 7, 2025

Ukrainian defenses put up a 5-month-long defense, and the city is now half-destroyed.

As the world’s attention is now focused in the upcoming peace negotiations between the US and Russia, with the subsequent ceasefire and eventual end of the war in Ukraine, the combat operations continue all along the 600-mile frontline.

Russian Federation forces continue to advance over the crumbling Ukrainian defenses, and as a result of no less than 5 months of siege, troops from the ‘Center’ group conquered the city of Dzerzhinsk (Ukrainian name Toretsk), an important mine town in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Watch: Russian troops manually blow up a high-rise building’s roop with anti-tank mines.

EurAsia Daily reported:

“The corresponding statement was published on Friday, February 7 by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

‘As a result of active offensive actions … the city of Dzerzhinsk of the Donetsk People’s Republic has been liberated’, the report says.

The Ministry of Defense clarified that units of the 1st, 9th and 132nd Guards separate motorized rifle brigades of the 51st Army and the volunteer formation ‘Veterans’ of the Center group of forces participated in the liberation of the city.”

Watch: Russian assault troops making the sign of the cross before advancing to their next target in Toretsk.

Russian forcesw keep advancing in the Donetsk region.

Read: A Week After Ugledar, Russian Forces Now Enter Hilltop Bastion of Toretsk in Another Example of the Crumbling of the Ukrainian Defenses in Donetsk Region

Unlike some recent Russian conquests in which the Ukrainians put up limited defense, the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk resisted for more than 5 months, and the settlement is badly destroyed.

Until now, there has been no comment from Ukraine regarding the fate of Toretsk.

Watch: intense footage of defending Ukrainian troops engaged in urban battles in Toretsk.

The settlement was badly damaged by heavy combat.

Read: Battle for Toretsk Is Raging, Ukraine Now Controls Less Than Half the City – PLUS: Russia Breaks Ukrainian Lines, Launches Counteroffensive in Kursk Region (VIDEOS)

Reuters reported:

“Russia calls the city, which had a pre-war population of around 30,000 people, by its Soviet-era name of Dzerzhinsk and says Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where it is located, is now part of Russia, a claim Kyiv rejects as absurd.

Ukrainian military analysts say that capturing Toretsk, which is on high ground, could allow Russian forces to further complicate logistics for Ukrainian forces in much of the east and to advance to the northwest towards the regional logistics hub of Kostiantynivka, which links to several key cities.”

Watch: Russian FPV drones destroying armored vehicles, tanks and targeting troops in Toretsk.

Russian forces in Donetsk region.

Read: Russian Advances Gain Momentum: They Conquer Mykhailivka Near Key Bastions of Selydove and Pokrovsk, While Sources Say Ukrainian Defenders Begin Evacuating Toretsk

The majority of Toretsk’s civilian population fled or was evacuated, and a good percentage of the city’s buildings are pulverized or badly damaged.

Watch: aerial view of the destroyed city.

The mines were also taken by the Russians.

Watch: animated infographic of the battle for Toretsk.

Read more:

Russian Forces Conquer Large Donetsk Stronghold of Velikaya Novosyolka – Crumbling Ukrainian Defenses Put Up Limited Resistance (VIDEOS)

The post Russian Forces Conquer Important Mining City of Toretsk in Donetsk Region – Ukrainian Defenders Resisted for 5 Months – City Is Badly Damaged (VIDEOS) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Go to Source
Author: Paul Serran

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *