Two Days In A Row, Russians Attacked Through Chasiv Yar. Two Days In A Row, A Ukrainian Brigade Repulsed Them.

The defense of Chasiv Yar protects Konstantynivka, which protects the free cities farther north.

The ruins of Chasiv Yar are the eastern doorway to Konstantynivka, a Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.

Capture Konstantynivka, and the Russians will have a clearer shot at the last major free cities in Donetsk: Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, 12 miles north of Konstantynivka. Fail to capture Konstantynivka, and the Russians’ march toward Kramatorsk and Sloviansk could be much costlier.

But Chasiv Yar holds—well, at least the westernmost parts of it—almost exactly two years after the Russians arrived at the eastern outskirts. Two days in a row starting Saturday, the Russian 70th Motor Rifle Division attacked. Two days in a row, the Ukrainian 24th Mechanized Brigade fought back with drones, artillery and infantry.

“The enemy achieved no success,” the Ukrainian brigade reported.