Originally the city of 12,000 people, Chasiv Yar lives in the midst of a fierce battle between the Ukrainian and Russian armies.
The housing estates there have turned into inhospitable places after previous Russian airstrikes, where the houses have become mere charred torsos. This is evidenced by drone footage published by the AP agency.
Probably nowhere is the grim reality of war more evident than in Časiv Yar. The video is from April 27th and 28th.
There have been fierce battles for the city recently. Even the commander of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrskyy, repeated on Sunday that the situation near the town of Khasiv Yar and Klishchiivka near Bakhmut is still tense.
The Russian tactic is simple and relatively effective: destroy the strongest points of the enemy’s defenses with aerial bombs, and then try to get the infantry close to his positions by repeated – sometimes downright suicidal – attacks by small groups of infantry.
News from the battlefield
The Russians continue to develop an attack near the village of Ocheretyne, where they unexpectedly broke through Ukrainian defenses in the Donetsk region. They now pay more attention to this place than to the city of Časiv Jar. The Ukrainian command has yet to close the gap in defense.
