The Ukrainian military noted that the Russians used five armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), a tank, ten motorcycles and ATVs.
“Our reconnaissance, drones, artillery, infantry worked harmoniously. The breakthrough was disrupted. The enemy was not successful,” the message says.
The enemy's losses, according to the 24th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, are significant. The defense forces destroyed one armored fighting vehicle, damaged another, hit 10 motorcycles and two ATVs, eliminated six occupiers, the same number were wounded, noted in the brigade and published a video of the battle.
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Intense battles near Chasovoy Yar have been continuing since the occupiers succeeded in February 2024 capture Avdeevka.
On January 5, 2026, the DeepState monitoring project reported the advance of Russian troops in Chasovoy Yar. On that day, the 24th Mechanized Infantry Brigade reported that the Russian military was trying to transfer more infantry to Chasovoy Yar under the cover of snow.
March 20 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky reported that the Russian occupiers increased pressure on several sectors of the front at once.
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in a March 21 report that Russian troops have likely entered the active phase of the projected spring-summer offensive of 2026. Analysts also warned that The Russian Federation has been preparing a new offensive since April, they plan to attract mobilized people.
Russian troops intend to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk region. At the same time, the Ukrainian military assesses these plans as difficult to implement, RBC-Ukraine wrote in a material published on April 1.
