Russia, Toretsk and Ukraine

Russia claims it's taken another eastern Ukraine town. Kyiv officials make no comment
Russia's Defense Ministry is claiming that its forces have captured the mining town of Toretsk, their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defenses are creaking.
Russia claims to have captured the mining town of Toretsk in Donetsk
Russia captures Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, intensifying conflict as Ukrainian defenses weaken and U.S. military aid remains uncertain.
Russia says captured key mining town of Toretsk in east Ukraine
Russia said Friday its forces had seized the mining town of Toretsk in east Ukraine after months of heavy fighting, the biggest town Moscow claims to have taken in recent months.
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Russia says it has taken control of city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces have taken control of the city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday. Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report. Russia calls the city by its Soviet-era name of Dzerzhynsk and says Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region is now part of Russia,
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Russia claims to have taken another eastern Ukraine town
Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed on Friday that its forces had captured the mining town of Toretsk in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defences are creaking.

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