Meduza’s war update: who controls Kostiantynivka, and on which other parts of the front are the fiercest battles taking place?

Meduza’s war update: who controls Kostiantynivka, and on which other parts of the front are the fiercest battles taking place?

Against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s return to the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin rushed to declare yet another supposedly major success by the Russian Armed Forces at the front: the capture of the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, for their part, continue to insist that they retain control over this populated place.

In our traditional war update, we explain how things actually stand in Kostiantynivka and on which other parts of the front fierce fighting is taking place, threatening the integrity of Ukraine’s defenses in the Donbas.

All the latest documentary evidence of the fighting can be examined on Meduza’s interactive map, and the dynamics of the sides’ territorial control can be followed on our charts.

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