The enemy did not penetrate the Seversky Donets – Donbass canal, the second line of defense was strengthened, according to OSUV Khortytsia.
Russian aggressors continue to storm the city of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region. There is a struggle for control of logistics routes, said a representative of the operational-strategic group of forces (OSUV) Khortytsia Lieutenant Colonel Nazar Voloshin in a comment for Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday, May 2.
“The enemy has not succeeded in the city for a week The situation is under control to capture these commanding heights, where Chasov Yar is located, to reach more fighting for territory and continue to attack of Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk,” said Voloshin.
The spokesman noted that the Russians were trying to capture the city on the flanks through Bogdanovka and Ivanovskoye. “Meat” attacks on these communities are underway.
According to Voloshin, the enemy is trying to reach the Seversky Donets – Donbass line.
“All the comments of some analysts and experts today, that the enemy entered the canal, is not true the enemy in the morning he may have carried out attacks there, but he was not there,” he said.
He emphasized that now there is a great struggle for the control of logistics routes.
“And the Russian invaders, using the method of scorched earth, are trying to destroy all our platoons and fortresses, and the city of Chasov Yar itself, so that our defenders have no place to defend themselves. The second the defense line has been strengthened. The defense forces are ready to fight the enemy,” the spokesman assured.
Earlier, President Vladimir Zelensky said Russia aims to capture Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region by May 9. If Ukrainian troops remain, Russia’s plans to launch a counteroffensive in June will be defeated.
Source: korrespondent
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