Ukraine Claims Fighting Rages Near Chasiv Yar, but Denies Russia Reached Suburbs

A Ukrainian CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle is driven, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on March 5, 2024. Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters

KYIV—The Ukrainian military claimed on Friday the battlefield situation was tense near the eastern town of Chasiv Yar, but denied Russian reports that Moscow’s troops had reached its suburbs.

Russian forces are inching forward in the east after capturing Ukraine’s long-time eastern bastion of Avdiivka in February.