Russia will attempt to capture the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, just west of the Russian-occupied Bakhmut, by May 9, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News published on April 21. On May 9, Russia celebrates Victory Day, a heavily militarized holiday marking the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the World War II. Zelensky’s comments align with those made by Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on April 14, amid a deteriorating situation in the region as Ukrainian ammunition and supplies run short. “I visited the region recently. I talked to …