Battle of Chasiv Yar

Battle of Chasiv Yar
Part of the eastern Ukraine campaign in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Damage to Chasiv Yar following airstrikes in 2022
Date 4 April 2024 – present Location Chasiv Yar (and surrounding villages), Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Result Ongoing
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces  Russian Ground Forces 1st Army Corps 58th Spetsnaz Battalion[1] "Sever-V" Brigade[1] "Burevestnik" volunteer detachment[2] "Pyatnashka" International Volunteer Brigade "Night Wolves" drone detachment[3] 132nd Motorized Rifle Brigade[4] 2nd Army Corps 2nd Artillery Brigade[5] 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade[6] 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade[7] 8th Combined Arms Army 150th Motorized Rifle Division 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment[6] 58th Combined Arms Army 42nd Motorized Rifle Division, 78th Special Purpose "Sever-Akhmat" Motorized Rifle Regiment[8] Russian Airborne Forces 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade[9] 98th Guards Airborne Division 217th Guards Airborne Regiment[6] 299th Guards Parachute Regiment[6] 331st Guards Airborne Regiment[10] 1065th Artillery Regiment[1] 106th Guards Airborne Division 55th VDV Regiment[11]  Russian Navy 14th Army Corps 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade[1] Storm-Z[12] Storm-V[12] Redut "Hispaniola" Volunteer Brigade[13]	Armed Forces of Ukraine  Ukrainian Ground Forces 92nd Assault Brigade 93rd Mechanized Brigade[10] 67th Mechanized Brigade[14] 5th Assault Brigade 24th Mechanized Brigade[15] 26th Artillery Brigade[10] Pomsta Brigade[16] Kraken Regiment[17]

The battle of Chasiv Yar is an ongoing military engagement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for control of the city of Chasiv Yar and surrounding villages. The battle began on 4 April 2024 with the first direct assault on the city by Russian forces, and has thus far seen the confirmed capture of the Kanal district and the claimed capture of the Novyi district by Russia, the two easternmost of the city, and the advance of their forces to all land east of the Siverskyi Donets – Donbas Canal separating the city.

Due to its high elevation and strategic location in Donetsk Oblast, Chasiv Yar is regarded as a pivotal provincial city. According to analysts, a Russian capture of Chasiv Yar would likely allow further Russian advances towards the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the two largest settlements in Donetsk Oblast not under Russian occupation.