Powerful battles for Chasiv Yar, in Donetsk region, have been going on for several months. For several weeks, the enemy was on the approaches to the city, and now it became known that the occupiers are already in positions in the settlement itself.
Ukrainian defenders are trying to resist the enemy. After all, if the occupiers occupy the city, they will have access to the Kramatorsk agglomeration. And this will significantly negatively affect the further course of the war.
The UA News agency collected information about the situation in Chasovoy Yar, the defense of the city, and the enemy's future plans.
What is happening now in Chasovoy Yar
The city of Chasiv Yar has been under heavy enemy fire for several months. And the situation in this direction, unfortunately, is only getting worse.
In April, the head of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi announced that the top military leadership of Russia had tasked its soldiers to capture the city west of Bakhmut - Chasiv Yar - by May 9.
But in the occupation of Chasovoy Yar there is not only a "strong side". Because if the city still manages to be taken. If Russian troops succeed in capturing Chasiv Yar, they will launch an offensive on Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk.
And currently, unfortunately, the occupiers have already approached the city. As Serhiy Chaus, the head of the Chasovoyarsk city military administration, said on the air of the telethon, Russian troops have reached the borders of the city. At the same time, civilians continue to remain in the city.
"There are 682 people left in Chasovoy Yar and the entire Chasovoyarsk community... These are ordinary people, residents of the community, who stayed, despite the military actions that are actually already taking place on the border of our city," he said.
These are mostly elderly people. As Serhii Chaus noted, the evacuation of local residents began at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in February 2022 and continues to this day.
But for now, the evacuation has slowed to almost zero. In particular, no one left Chasovoy Yar during the last week.
At the same time, the city itself is gradually turning into a ghost. The Associated Press released a video showing the city in massive destruction, with almost no surviving buildings left.
"The footage shows that Chasiv Yar, located among green fields and forests, has turned into an apocalyptic picture. The destruction is reminiscent of the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, from which Ukraine withdrew after months of shelling and huge losses for both sides," the journalists write.
But, as the officer of the press service of the 26th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims. Roman Dashkevich Oleg Kalashnikov, they are trying to storm the city "head on". Because they simply cannot enter Chasiv Yar from other flanks.
"They are storming directly with both infantry and separate groups, and are trying to attract both tanks and armored fighting vehicles," the spokesman emphasized.
According to him, the occupiers have superiority in the air and are actively dropping anti-aircraft missiles on the city and the positions of the Armed Forces along the front line. But, according to Kalashnikov, the enemy will still not be able to capture the city by May 9.
Opinions of experts
The officer of the planning section of the "Rubizh" brigade, Dmytro Kozhubenko, notes that currently the enemy's landing forces are already on the border of Chasovoy Yar. It is difficult to establish their number now.
"I will not reveal a secret when I say that the city of Chasiv Yar opens a passage to the Kramatorsk-Slovyansk agglomeration for the enemy. There, large steppe areas will be opened for him (after the capture of the city - ed.), where he will be able to advance along the front, deploying his battle formations widely. This will make it much more difficult for us to destroy them, because the enemy will have room for maneuver. This will take much more time, we will have to look for them a little longer. But we have no doubt that we will defeat them," Kozhubenko emphasized.
Military expert, ATO veteran Yevhen Dykiy notes that the enemies will try to capture Chasiv Yar by any means and methods.
"As long as there are no American weapons, as long as our artillery cannot hit in full force, they are trying to attack Chasiv Yar head-on." This ends badly for them. Although they managed to reach the city and enter the city. But as soon as the fighting started in the building, they were stopped. That was two weeks ago and they haven't made any progress in that time. The enemy cannot occupy any house," Yevhen Dykiy emphasized.
However, as the expert notes, the occupiers are in a hurry to occupy the heights in the city, because this will allow them to gain a foothold in the city. And even if Ukraine receives help from the USA before the full occupation of Chasovoy Yar, it will not be possible to knock out the enemy from the heights.
Military expert Mykhailo Zhirokhov emphasizes that the situation in Chasovoy Yar has been consistently difficult for several weeks.
"Of course, logistics are limited there. And it is impossible to rotate the brigade that is there. Our brigades, like the enemy's, are being thinned out. And it is not known how many reserves the enemy will be able to throw at Chasiv Yar. In the near future, our military leadership will urgently need to address the situation with the city," the expert draws attention.
AndMykhailo Zhirokhov notes that the situation in Chasovoy Yar was largely affected by the delay in aid from the United States. After all, now Ukraine does not have enough resources to wage war.
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