Residents flee as war arrives in Toretsk, eastern Ukraine – in pictures

Compared with others in war-scarred eastern Ukraine, the mining town of Toretsk was in a relatively sleepy sector of the frontline. Then suddenly, the Russian assaults began, and life there deteriorated drastically. And with the heavily increased amount of rockets and airstrikes that started raining down on Toretsk???s shaken residents many people decided to leave the town, while others decided to stay