On the night of 8-9 January, analysts from the DeepState project reported that Russian forces have advanced in multiple settlements of Donetsk Oblast. Source: DeepState Quote: "Russia has advanced in Toretsk,
Analysts from the DeepState project reported on the night of 6-7 January that Russian forces had occupied the village of Lozova in the Izium district of Kharkiv Oblast, as well as Ivanivka and Shevchenko settlements in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia's defense ministry says its troops have taken control of a logistics support base of Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. It asserts that the move will help strengthen its offensive in Donetsk.
Ukraine has launched a counterattack in the southern Russian border region of Kursk, warning that Russia is “getting what it deserves.”
The "situation in Toretsk is very tense and chaotic," popular Ukrainian war-tracking blog, Deep State, said on Saturday.
Russia is demanding the United Nations condemn Kyiv following an alleged drone attack that it claims killed a journalist working for a Russian outlet and injured several others.
The recent pace of Russian advance in Ukraine has been the lowest in six months, which is likely to worry Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump 's return to the White House on January 20.
The claim, which drew no response from Ukrainian authorities, came a day after the Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces had pressed new attacks in Russia’s Kursk border region.
The military said that Russia has seized the facility to coordinate attacks against Ukrainian forces and civilians, especially in Kurakhove. Russia announced a full capture of Kurakhove earlier this week.
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces have recently reached the northwestern administrative boundary of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast