💥 Attack

Russian forces launched a large armored attack on Chasiv Yar that was repelled by Ukrainian defenders.

March 8, 2025 Chasiv Yar, Donetsk

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Chasiv Yar (location) Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) Iskander-M missile (weapon_system) Tornado-S MLRS (weapon_system) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Russia (organization) Russian armed forces (organization) UMPB D-30 SN (weapon_system) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian army command post (location) Dobropillia (location) UMPB D-30 SN bomb (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian forces launched a large armored attack on Chasiv Yar that was repelled by Ukrainian defenders.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian strikes damaged energy infrastructure in multiple oblasts

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A strike on Donetsk Oblast killed 11 and injured 30 people.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian army struck the western part of Pokrovsk at 01:50 p.m. A man born in 1977 died as a result of the enemy attack. Another resident born in 2002 sustained a shrapnel wound to the neck.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.576Z

Source story: day-1107a-2025-03-08