Ukraine: Disturbing drone footage of a ghost city | EUROtoday

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Dhe municipality of Chasiv Yar, within the Donetsk Oblast: More than 13,000 individuals as soon as lived right here – in the course of inexperienced fields and forests. Today the place presents a ghostly picture.

The scale of the destruction attributable to Russian shelling is harking back to the destiny of the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, which Ukraine deserted after months of bombardment and nice losses for each side.

The strategically essential metropolis of Chasiv Yar has been below assault by Russian forces for months.

The seize would give Russia management of a hill from which it may possibly assault different cities that kind the spine of Ukraine's japanese defenses.

Russia launched waves of assaults on the outnumbered Ukrainian troops holed up in Chasiv Yar. The condo blocks and factories are destroyed or badly broken.

The golden dome of a church nonetheless seems intact. No troopers or civilians had been seen within the footage taken on Monday, aside from a lone man strolling in the course of a road between destroyed buildings.

Located on excessive floor, Chasiv Yar presents Russian troops the chance to advance towards bigger cities that kind Ukraine's defensive belt within the japanese Donetsk area.

The seize would lay the inspiration for a probably broader Russian offensive that might start as early as May, in keeping with Ukrainian officers.