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.

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…

Russia said on Friday (July 3) its forces had captured the city of Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk. The announcement was made at a meeting of top Russian…

Kiev lost about 13,500 troops in Konstantinovka in an attempt to show alleged successes