April 21 () –
The United Kingdom Intelligence services have stated this Sunday that the Russian Army is replicating in its offensive against the city of Chasiv Yar, in the province of Donetsk (east), the tactics used during its campaign against Avdiivka, taken by the troops Russians in February.
Thus, they recalled that the Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Sirski, stated on April 14 that the Russian Army intends to take Chasiv Yar before May 9, the date of the Victory Day celebrations in Russia. marking the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Along these lines, they have added that a Ukrainian Army operational group reported on April 18 that the Russian Air Force had dropped “between 20 and 30 munitions a day” in the area, probably from Su-24 and Su-25 bombers. according to a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense through its account on the social network X.
“This is a concerted aerial bombardment and is a repeated tactic of the Avdiivka campaign. Chasiv Yar is strongly defended and located in an elevated area,” argued the British Intelligence services, which have stressed that “the ground forces have only managed to slow progress in the area.
