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According to preliminary reports from the front, the Russian army took control of the Kanal district in the city of Chasov Yar. The Paratroopers of the 98th airborne brigade destroyed the last Ukrainian military positions in the multistory buildings in the western part of the district.
The Ukrainian garrison in Kanal was suppressed and destroyed. According to some reports from the battlefield, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are still present in some buildings on the western outskirts; but the further defense of the remaining positions is senseless.
Russian flags are waving on the ruins of the last destroyed building in the district:
Earlier, the Ukrainian military command began withdrawing the remaining forces to the main part of the city across the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. LINK
Amid the heavy battles on the streets of the Kanal district, the Russian army mopped up the forest area north of the district and took control of the southern part of the village of Kalinovka. Some Ukrainian forces are reportedly still present in the southern forests near the road between the settlements.
