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The battle for the city of Chasov Yar is gaining momentum. After their recent victories in different districts of the city LINK, Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian strongholds in the forest areas on its outskirts.
According to the latest reports from the battlefield, fighters of the Chechen Ahmat Special Forces and the 4th Brigade took control of Ukrainian stronghold in the forest southeast of Chasov Yar. The network of heavily fortified positions was built by the Ukrainian military on the territory of the recreation center Chasovyarets during the war in the Donbass before Russian Special Military Operation.
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Chechen fighters reported that the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine include large concrete bunkers for dozens of officers. They were reportedly captured and mopped up after a week of Russian attacks. The Ukrainian military lost more than 40 soldiers dead on this battlefield.
During the so-called antiterrorist operation of the Kyiv regime against the population of the L/DPR, the large bunkers on the territory of the recreation center housed Ukrainian military headquarters.
After the city of Artemovsk (former Bakhmut) came under Russian control in 2023, NATO and Ukrainian officers restored the HQ there. The military facilities came under heavy Russian strikes. For example, in March 2024, an underground command post was destroyed by Russian Iskander missile strikes. Then, the operational command of the Polish Armed Forces announced the sudden death of Brigadier General Adam Marczak, chief of staff of the allied command of Operation Althea, the EU-led military mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Polish General was apparently among the eliminated NATO commanders in Chasov Yar. Later, the fortified stronghold was used by the militants of the 24th Lviv Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is holding the defense in the city of Chasov Yar.
Battles for this fortified stronghold slowed down Russian advance on the southeastern outskirts of Chasov Yar. The retreating Ukrainian forces are also trying to resist in the area of the local lake located to the south of the recreation center but they are likely to loose control of their positions in the near future. Russian advance on the southern flank allows to reinforce Russian positions in the forest area to take the city in the pincer grip and support the ongoing offensive operations in the center of the city, as well as launch assault on the Shevchenko district on the southern outskirts, the last strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasov Yar.
