Drone footage shows the total destruction of the Ukrainian city of Toretsk from Russian bombing
The drone footage shows the total destruction of the Ukrainian city of Toretsk from Russian bombing and multi -month siege.
The tragic fate of Toretsk is the history of a city, which is founded as a Cossack settlement, survives industrial prosperity thanks to coal mines and reaches complete destruction due to Russian aggression. About 30,000 people lived until the war in Turkishk. There are six coal shafts, a cocktail plant, a phenolic plant, a acid -resistant plant, an enrichment factory, a technical school, a medical and music school.
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Permanent fires, the loss of population, the destruction of infrastructure and the humanitarian catastrophe make Toretsk a symbol of pain and at the same time of heroic resistance. The Russian army announced that it had taken over the city, but the Ukrainian side claims to control the past and continue to fight for every meter of the city.
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Toretsk’s tragedy is part of a broader picture of the destruction of Ukrainian cities such as Mariupol, Bahmut and Avdeevka. The Russians call it « liberation ».
