Russian forces announced the capture of Chasovyy Yar city and showed a video of raising flags throughout the city. This fierce battle lasted for a full 16 months, with the Russian military deploying its most elite unit, the 98th Airborne Division, to directly confront the Ukrainian forces. The Ukrainian forces relied on high ground, forest reserves, and industrial areas to continuously throw in troops to defend stubbornly. Finally, the Russian forces managed to drive the Ukrainian forces out of the city. Next, the Russian forces will expand their controlled area, pushing the Ukrainian forces still near the city's suburbs, such as those near Nikolaevka and Stupky, and then join forces with the Russian forces from the Central Military District's Dzerzhinsk direction to encircle Kostantynivka (Donetsk-Rovno).
Chasovyy Yar is located on the watershed highlands of Donbas, which is an important pivot for the Ukrainian defense of western Donbas. Controlling this city can influence the situation on the Bachmut-Kramatorsk front. Before the war, the population was 12,000 people, with an industrial area composed of ceramic factories, cement and building material factories, and machinery factories.
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