The National Guard showed a bird’s eye view footage showing the ruins of once vibrant town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region after it was practically wiped out by Russian strikes and bombardments.
The Russian military command may intend to leverage the ongoing Toretsk push to create operational opportunities for advances in either the Chasiv Yar or Avdiivka areas.
Russian troops are not advancing near Chasiv Yar, but control most of Krasnohorivka, and Ukrainian troops have achieved tactical success in the area of Klishchiivka.
Ukraine's defense forces have repelled the Russian assault on the city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region, where they destroyed more than 20 armored vehicles.
The situation on the eastern front has somewhat worsened in recent days as the Russian invasion forces are attempting to capture the village of Ivanivske and the outskirts of Bohdanivka, to break through toward the town of Chasiv Yar.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited a command post of the 41st Mechanized Brigade defending the town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
Russian troops are accumulating their forces in the east of Ukraine, now executing one of the "powerful thrusts" toward the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region.