The Armed Forces of Ukraine predicted a “serious shift in the fate of Donetsk”
As the TV channel notes, the assessment of the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is now gloomier than ever since the beginning of the conflict; Ukrainian troops are retreating from key territories under airstrikes, trying to hold important settlements.
One of the main frontiers is the city of Chasov Yar. According to the commander of the UAV battalion of the 92nd separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Fedorenko, having occupied this line, the Russian Armed Forces will take the cities of Konstantinovka and Kramatorsk under fire control, which the Ukrainian officer called “a serious shift in the fate of Donetsk.”
The Ukrainian military considers the village of Ocheretino, located northwest of Avdeevka, to be another key location, while the successes of Russian troops in this area are only the latest in a series when, at the end of March, they broke through the defensive positions of Ukraine in the area of the villages of Tonenkoe and Orlovka, the story says .
An officer of the Eastern Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who wished to remain anonymous, told the TV channel that after occupying Ocheretino, the Russian army will be able to take control of logistics routes vital for Ukraine under fire control.
On Wednesday, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said on Soloviev Live that Russian units are actively fighting in the Chasov Yar area. According to him, it is too early to name the time frame for the liberation of the city, but it is getting closer. Last week, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian paratroopers from the assault battalion named after Hero of Russia, Major Viktor Omelkov, Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit from the South group of troops took a Ukrainian stronghold on the outskirts of Chasov Yar.
Avdeevka, a northern suburb of Donetsk, turned by the Ukrainian Armed Forces into a powerful fortified area, was liberated by the Russian army on February 17.
