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Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces had captured Chasiv Yar.

Chasiv Yar, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Russian Defense Ministry (organization) Chasiv Yar (location) 98th Airborne (VDV) Division (military_unit) 299th VDV Regiment (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces had captured Chasiv Yar.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces completed the seizure of Chasiv Yar

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Russia's Defense Ministry claimed its forces had captured Chasiv Yar during an offensive in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka direction.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.166Z

Source story: day-1255a-2025-08-02