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October 8, 2024
Washington and Kyiv are shifting their objectives and leaning towards freezing the fighting along the front line – Financial Times
October 8, 2024Russian forces have entered the eastern outskirts of Toretsk in the Donetsk region.
This was reported by Anastasia Bobovnikova, the press secretary of the Operational Tactical Group “Luhansk.”
According to her, fierce fighting is taking place for every building entrance.
“The situation is constantly changing: at times we recapture their firing points, and at other times they destroy some of ours. But we are continuously restoring positions and trying to reclaim what the occupiers have taken, not allowing them to advance,” she added.
At the same time, according to the Deep State map, Russian forces have already reached the center of Toretsk and have captured a third of the city.
Earlier, the military public account *Deep State* reported that Russian troops had advanced south of Selidovo, in Tsukuryno, and Maksymilyanivka in the Donetsk region. To the south of Selidovo, Russian forces are attempting to cut off the road to Kurakhove and isolate the city from the southern side. An OSINT researcher stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun digging new defensive lines around Pokrovsk, including for the first time along the road to Dnipro.