The situation around the city of Chasiv Yar, on the eastern front line, is difficult and tense with the area under constant fire, Ukraine has said. The city is 20 kilometers to the west of Bakhmut, which Moscow took last May in an assault led by Wagner Group mercenaries.
As Western military aid to Ukraine slows, Russia has made territorial gains in the area.
“The enemy is actively attacking our positions in the Lyman and Bakhmut sectors with assault groups supported by armored vehicles,” Syrskyi said. “In the Pokrovsk sector, they are trying to break through our defense using dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers,” he added.
