Capture would give Russians a high-ground advantage for further advance through Donetsk region. What we know on day 782
capture the town of Chasiv Yar by 9 May
Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a thinktank in Philadelphia, said on X that“Chasiv Yar is located on defensible high ground. If Russia takes the , they could potentially increase the rate of advance deeper into Donetsk as part of an expected summer offensive. Russian forces will still have to cross the canal to take the , but they have now reached the canal south-east of the .
aerial bomb struck a five-storey apartment block in the town of Ocheretyne, killing one and injuring twoThree people were reported killed in the region on Saturday. Reuters could not independently verify battlefield accounts.
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