Russian President Vladimir Putin said the capture of Konstantinovka is only the first, but a very important, stage in breaking Ukrainian positions across the wider Slovyansk-Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka defence belt. In the remarks, he framed the reported gain not as an isolated battlefield success, but as part of a broader effort to dismantle one of Ukraine’s deepest fortified zones in Donbas.
Published on Jul 04, 2026 08:18 am IST
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the capture of Konstantinovka is only the first, but a very important, stage in breaking Ukrainian positions across the wider Slovyansk-Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka defence belt. In the remarks, he framed the reported gain not as an isolated battlefield success, but as part of a broader effort to dismantle one of Ukraine’s deepest fortified zones in Donbas.
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