AFP4 Jul, 2026 10:09 PM3 mins to readFrench volunteers from the International Legion of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine pose for a photo in an undisclosed location. Photo / Darya Nazarova, AFPUkraine denied Moscow’s recent announcement that its forces had captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, a stronghold for Kyiv’s troops in the eastern Donetsk region and a key target for the Kremlin.
A Ukrainian Army spokesman told AFP that the city remained under Ukraine’s control, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
