Battle of Toretsk | |||||||
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Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
A building in Toretsk after Russian shelling in July 2024 | |||||||
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Russia | Ukraine | ||||||
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See § Casualty claims |
The battle of Toretsk is an ongoing engagement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for control of the city of Toretsk and the satellite settlements east of it, Pivdenne, Zalizne, Druzhba, Pivnichne, and Shumy, and the settlement south of it, Niu-York, beginning on 18 June 2024. The effort to control the city is part of a renewed effort to capture portions of Donetsk Oblast and, according to a Ukrainian military spokesman, an attempt to flank the highly contested city of Chasiv Yar from the south.