Fighting on the ground has gained momentum in the Donetsk region, where the Russian Federation forces are advancing in many areas of the front, and also in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian attacks are intensifying from the flanks, as Moscow seeks to expel Kiev’s forces. .
In the battle for the strategic city of Toretsk, Ukrainian defenders now control less than half of the city as they try to stave off Russian attacks, according to the city’s local authorities.
Watch: Ukrainian forces use robotic dogs as scouts in urban fighting in Toretsk
‼️☠️21st Century War:
AFU uses robot dogs in urban fighting in Toretsk
▪️During the street war in the Toretsky agglomeration, the enemy began to use robot dogs as scouts, which took the first blow and helped the Armed Forces of Ukraine not to fall into an ambush.
▪️It is… pic.twitter.com/Guzuaj6AtF– SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) August 6, 2024
Reuters reported:
“‘Approximately 40-50 percent of the city can be said to be under the control of the Ukrainian armed forces, while other areas are held by the enemy (Russia)’, Vasyl Chynchyk, head of the military administration of the city of Toretsk, said on national TV.
Watch: Fierce street fighting continues in Toretsk.
#Toretsk: Fierce street fighting continues in the city. The Russian Armed Forces control more than half of the city. He continues to gain ground and progress.
Go Vlad. !!! GO!!!#ZelenskyWarCriminal pic.twitter.com/SyOVMPCDdU— Boma John (@euroboma) October 11, 2024
Analysts from both sides agree that the capture of the fortress above Toretsk hill will further complicate logistics for the Ukrainian forces in many of the eastern front.
Watch: footage of Russian soldiers bombed Ukrainian positions in Toretsk.
FPV footage of a Russian fighter captures the moment #FAB reached the AFU position in Toretsk. pic.twitter.com/fn66muBYN4
– Blackrussian (@Blackrussiantv) October 11, 2024
About 1,150 people remain in the besieged city, he said, as evacuations continue with the help of the army and the national police.
Russian forces have been making slow but steady advances in the east recently, taking a fortified city (Ugledar) this month with Kiev’s forces outstretched more than 2-1/2 years into a full-scale invasion of Moscow.
Watch: Russian troops in the center of Toretsk. Soldiers make the sign of the cross before launching an attack.
Russian troops in the center of the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region, Donbas. The Russians are busy forcing the UAF out of other cities. pic.twitter.com/UYGZDoaORy
– Bob in NZ (@BobInNZ1) October 11, 2024
Meanwhile, in a cross-border Ukrainian ‘adventure’ in Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow soldiers reportedly attacked Ukrainian lines.
Sources from both sides confirmed the Russian breakthrough, which came during the heaviest fighting since the offensive in August.
Forbes reported Ukraine’s Best Combat Vehicles Strike Veseloe Past Western Russia—And Caught In Brutal Ambush
Watch: the size of armored vehicles in the Kursk region.
Ukraine’s heavy losses in failed Kursk offensive revealed.
In total, during the attack, Ukrainian forces lost more than 22,300 people and 150 tanks and several hundred other NATO vehicles.
Ukrainian troops retreated.
Western Media remained silent. pic.twitter.com/E9SCQMxLQx
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) October 12, 2024
The Telegraph reported:
“The Russian advance in the Kursk region will be a major blow to Kyiv, which has endured the invasion – Russia’s first invasion since World War II – as a strategic masterstroke.
(…) Many commentators are less convinced and say that the Kursk ruse failed because the Kremlin increased the tempo of its offensive on the Donbas front.
‘Russia’s progress really picked up after Kursk’, says John Foreman, former British military attaché in Moscow and Kyiv. ‘Politically, the Kursk offensive did not change much in Washington DC or Europe. I’m still not sure about its strategic merits.
Watch: Russian armored vehicles fire on enemy positions in close combat in the Kursk region,
‼️☠️Breakthrough on the Kursk Front: Marine APCs fire on enemy positions in close combat
▪️BTR-82 810 OGvBrMP helps Marine assault troops attack enemy positions.
– RVvoenkor pic.twitter.com/J9bGJJQzHc
– Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) October 12, 2024
Watch: Russian drone dodges pickup truck with electronic warfare system and hits Ukrainian tank
Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk Oblast.
Our fpv overtakes a pickup truck with an active electronic warfare system and destroys the gearbox.
Epic.– Condottiero reports pic.twitter.com/Q9XG6xy4jj
– Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) October 12, 2024
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A Week After Ugledar, Russian Troops Now Enter Toretsk Fortress in Another Example of Collapsing Ukrainian Defenses in Donetsk Region
