Battle of Toretsk

Battle of Toretsk
Part of the eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Military situation around Toretsk as of 13 March 2025
Date 18 June 2024 – present (7 months and 3 weeks) Location Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Surrounding satellite settlements Status Ongoing Territorial changes Russian forces capture most of Toretsk and the towns of Shumy, Zalizne, Pivdenne, Druzhba, Pivnichne, and Niu-York
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces  Russian Ground Forces 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army 27th Motor Rifle Division 506th Motor Rifle Regiment[1] 589th Motor Rifle Regiment[1] 51st Guards Combined Arms Army 9th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[2] Somalia Battalion[3] 2nd Motor Rifle Battalion[4] 132nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade[1] 101st Separate Rifle Regiment[5] Sparta Battalion[4] 56th Separate Special Purpose Battalion[6] 8th Guards Combined Arms Army 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division[7]	Armed Forces of Ukraine  Ukrainian Ground Forces 12th Azov Brigade 28th Mechanized Brigade Special Operations Forces 8th Separate Regiment[8] 2nd Tank Company[9] National Guard of Ukraine 35th Regiment[10] Special Tasks Patrol Police Safari Regiment[11] Khyzhak Brigade[12]
Casualties and losses
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 settlements in the surrounding area,^[a] beginning on 18 June 2024. The effort to control the city is part of a renewed effort to capture portions of Donetsk Oblast. By 29 January 2025, geolocated footage confirmed Russian control over 88% of the city.^[13]

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