Kyiv Admits ‘Difficult’ Situation in Donetsk as Russia Hones In on Chasiv Yar

With funds for Kyiv still held up in Congress, even mainstream media outlets acknowledge Ukraine’s increasingly dire battlefield situation.

Ukrainian service members ride tanks near the front-line city of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on April 10, 2023. Oleksandr Klymenko/Reuters

Kyiv has denied reports that Russian troops have reached the outskirts of Chasiv Yar while admitting that the battlefield situation near the front-line town is “very difficult.”

Located in the eastern Donetsk region, Chasiv Yar sits roughly 50 miles north of the town of Avdiivka, which fell to Russian forces in February.