Russian Forces Breach Outskirts of Frontline Town in Donetsk: Ukrainian Military

Pro-Russia news sources, meanwhile, report heavy fighting inside the strategic town of Toretsk.

Ukrainian soldiers preparing U.S.-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher at a front line near Toretsk, Ukraine, on Oct. 12, 2022. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the frontline town of Toretsk in the eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian military spokeswoman has said.

“The Russians have entered the eastern outskirts of the city,” Anastasiia Bobovnikova, a spokeswoman for Ukraine’s military, said in televised remarks on the evening of Oct. 7.