The Russian occupation forces are not giving up their attempts to occupy Khasiv Yar in the Donetsk region. Russia is ready to throw countless fighters into battle, but the fact that additional aid supplies are arriving in Ukraine may allow Ukrainian commanders to withstand the onslaught.
The newspaper “The New York Times” writes about it. The publication notes that the cities beyond Chasiv Yar are not only important defensive bastions. Hundreds of thousands of civilians live in them. Many of them work in industrial enterprises that play an important role in the production of weapons in Ukraine.
“If Chasiv Yar falls, some of these population centers will be within the range of Russian artillery. Russia has demonstrated time and time again what it can do when a city is in the crosshairs of its weapons — destroy local industry, destroy critical infrastructure, and render once-peaceful cities unlivable,” the text reads.
In addition, with the Russians controlling Chasiv Yar, Konstantinivka, just a few kilometers away, the main supply center for Ukrainian forces in the east, would also be at risk.
Telegram photo by Pavlo Kyrylenko/Under the ruins of an apartment building in Chasiv Yar – dozens of people are trapped
Military expert Sergej Grabsky noted that the Konstantinivka railway is the “backbone of supply and support to Ukraine” in the east. The Russians fired rockets at the city’s main station this year, but trains are still running.
But military analysts say that even if Chasiv Yar falls, the fighting that follows is likely to be long and brutal.
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