[FOCUS] The Russian troops are said to have made a breakthrough at the front. According to the report, the soldiers took the center of Ocheretyne - almost without resistance in just 48 hours, as reported by the newspaper "Bild". Apparently, Ukrainian soldiers fled and handed the village over to the Russians without a fight.
The Russian armed forces are using chemical weapons around the village, as Nazar Voloshyn, spokesman for the Ukrainian troop units there, writes on Telegram. According to this, Moscow's troops are using the "entire available arsenal of weapons, including chemicals" to attack the Ukrainian positions. The situation is "difficult". Voloshyn did not specify what kind of chemicals were involved.
Ocheretyne is located around 50 kilometers south of the heavily contested city of Chasiv Yar. This is considered to be the Russian army's next target. The front runs a few kilometers from the city center. According to Volozhyn, up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are trying to storm Chasiv Yar and the settlements around the town.
The town is not far from Bachmut, which was taken by the Russians almost a year ago after heavy fighting. Just a few days ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Chasiv Yar and inspected the defenses.
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The town is roughly 2x2km in size, around 45 km SSW of Bakhmut.
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