He noted that so far there are no hints of the total success of the Russian occupiers.
The situation in the Chasiv Yar area is truly difficult, but even minor advances by the invaders do not indicate an increase in the real chance of capturing the city before May 9.
Deputy commander of the 2nd assault battalion of the 5th separate assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksiy Tarasenko, shared his opinion on the telethon about how realistic it is for Russian troops to capture Chasiv Yar before May 9.
“I personally know that this is absolutely unrealistic. We have already heard many similar statements in this direction, by what dates they should have taken Bakhmut and beyond, by what dates they should have taken Avdiivka. The enemy is suffering simply huge, colossal losses in equipment and in manpower. And there are still no hints of any total success in this direction,” Tarasenko emphasized.
In general, the situation in the Chasiv Yar area is really difficult, Russian invaders are trying to break through from several directions, but Ukrainian forces are successfully defending their positions.
“Traditionally, the enemy tries to advance in several directions, but mainly directly on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar he had no success. He had minor success south of Chasiv Yar, he managed to reach the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal, but there our units pushed him back. I also know , which is trying to advance north of Chasiv Yar, but so far nothing critical has happened, the defence is stable.
In addition, Tarasenko noted that in this area the importance of FPV drones is now especially important, because they are preferred by the enemy, which allows them to stop Russian attacks even on the approaches to positions and destroy the majority of enemy equipment.
“This is a fairly key tool on the battlefield, and it comes into play first. Artillery does not have such accuracy when destroying moving equipment,” he added.