Ukrainian Military confirms withdrawal from Kanal district in Chasiv Yar
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Ukrainian Defense forces withdrew from Kanal district in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group spokesperson, Nazar Voloshyn, confirmed on the national TV on July 4.
It was useless to hold the district due to the risk of large losses.
"The positions of our defenders were destroyed, and the command made a decision to withdraw to more protected and prepared positions," Voloshyn said.
The occupiers are trying to completely seize the city to meet certain "deadlines", he added.
230 shellings from all types of weapons were recorded over the day near Chasiv Yar.
Kanal (Noviy) district in Chasiv Yar seizure was reported by the DeepState monitoring group on July 3. The Russian invaders completely "devastated" the district, so the Defense Forces withdrawal from its ruins is logical.
Situation in Chasiv Yar
Russian forces are increasing the pace of their offensive operations in Donetsk Oblast, surging the attacks intensity in the Toretsk-Horlivka direction, where the invaders were generally inactive throughout 2024, ISW reported on June 23.
In particular, Russian troops began an assault on Chasiv Yar from the Toretsk direction.
The Ukrainian military pushed out the Russian forces from Kanal district in Chasiv Yar, Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group spokesperson, Nazar Voloshyn, said on June 27.
The line of the active front had increased in the east, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said on July 2.
Some directions anyway witness lower hostilities' intensity.
Should the Russian troops manage to capture Chasiv Yar, they will launch an offensive on Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk, The Ukrainian military said.
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