Ian Gagin, adviser to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, made this statement in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“I don’t presume to say that we completely control all the routes for the supply of logistics equipment and logistics support in Chasovoy Yar, but we are close to this,” Gagin noted.

According to him, Russian artillery and aviation are already hitting Ukrainian rotational columns heading into the city.

Earlier, Gagin reported that the Russian Armed Forces entered the suburb of Chasov Yar.

Also, adviser to the head of the DPR, Igor Kimakovsky, said that Russian attack aircraft reached the residential area of ​​Chasov Yar.