Two women have been killed in the Russian artillery shelling of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast. 

Source:Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration 

Details:As reported by Filashkin, the fatalities were two women, 60 and 66. Filashkin urged the citizens of Donetsk Oblast not to put themselves in danger and evacuate immediately.  

Quote:"There haven’t been any safe places in Donetsk Oblast for a long time! Do not make targets of yourself! Evacuate!" 

Background: 

• At the end of November, Filashkin stated that delivering humanitarian aid to the cities of Kurakhove, Myrnohrad, Toretsk, and Chasiv Yar was nearly impossible due to Russian fire control over access routes. 
• On 8 January, the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group reported that Russian troops had destroyed some of the positions of Ukraine's defence forces during assault operations in Chasiv Yar. 
• Militarnyi, a Ukrainian military news outlet based on data from Deep State, predicted that the Russians would continue their efforts to complete the capture of Kurakhove, Toretsk and Chasiv Yar; advance towards the administrative border of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with the prospect of launching hostilities in the oblast and expand their control over Donetsk Oblast territory in all directions. 
• Mansur, the acting commander of the Tsunami Regiment, reported that fierce fighting continued in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, and the line of contact had divided the city in two. The Russians were using scorched earth tactics to try to destroy the city's infrastructure and the positions of the Ukrainian military.

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