According to The New York Times, over the past week, the army of the Russian Federation captured or entered approximately 6 villages on the territory of Donbas. This movement confirms the increase in military activity on the part of the Russian Federation.
Military experts who have analyzed the situation believe that Moscow is trying to expand its positions in Donbas as much as possible until the delivery of American aid has begun. This may indicate a strategic move by Russia aimed at strengthening control over the conflict region and supporting pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
The breakthrough in Ocheretiny presented the Russians with a choice: to storm further here or to concentrate on Chasovoy Yar. Both settlements open the road to Kostyantynivka, which is the main supply point for Ukrainian troops on most of the eastern front.
An attack from the north and from the south can make it possible to take the city in its grip.
"Russian forces currently have the ability to achieve significant operational success in the area of Chasovoy Yar," said the Sunday report of the Institute for the Study of War.
Serhiy Kuzan, head of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, believes that Russia's advance "will continue in the near future, depending on how quickly and to what extent Western aid arrives."
In his opinion, the military leadership of Ukraine made a "choice between a bad situation and an even worse one" and decided to lose territory, not soldiers.
