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Russia’s Liberation of Chasov Yar Swings Open the Gates to Donbass, Analyst Says
Russia’s Liberation of Chasov Yar Swings Open the Gates to Donbass, Analyst Says
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Russia’s liberation of Chasov Yar swings open the gates to Donbass – analyst 31.07.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Russia’s liberation of Chasov Yar swings open the gates to Donbass – analystThe fall of one of Ukraine’s toughest strongholds marks a clear turning point in the battle for Donbass, geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic told Sputnik.Chasov Yar was used by Ukraine to secure Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) and block Russia’s path to its most fortified strongholds in Donbass: Kramatorsk and Slavyansk to the northwest, the former US Marine said. Its fall “strips Ukraine of key strategic depth in Donbass and deepens an already deteriorating battlefield position.”With Chasov Yar liberated, the road to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk is open – the last major cities in Donbass still under Ukrainian control, aside from Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), which is also being encircled.Here’s how the battlefield situation could evolve, according to the pundit:
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Russia’s liberation of Chasov Yar swings open the gates to Donbass – analyst
The fall of one of Ukraine’s toughest strongholds marks a clear turning point in the battle for Donbass, geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic told Sputnik.
Chasov Yar was used by Ukraine to secure Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) and block Russia’s path to its most fortified strongholds in Donbass: Kramatorsk and Slavyansk to the northwest, the former US Marine said.
Its fall “strips Ukraine of key strategic depth in Donbass and deepens an already deteriorating battlefield position.”
With Chasov Yar liberated, the road to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk is open – the last major cities in Donbass still under Ukrainian control, aside from Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), which is also being encircled.
Here’s how the battlefield situation could evolve, according to the pundit:
Russia continues to adhere to an attrition strategy of relentless pressure instead of dramatic “big arrow offensives.”
It is steadily building combat power and grinding down Ukrainian lines across the front.
The goal is to “stretch Ukraine’s thinning defenses until they crack, even in strongholds like Chasov Yar.”
