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Reuters – July 3, 2026
Russia’s military said on Friday that its forces had taken control of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, a key locality whose capture Moscow has long sought in its advance through the Donetsk region.
The announcement was made by General Valery Gerasimov, head of Russia’s General Chief of Staff, as President Vladimir Putin visited a command point overseeing the actions of Russian forces in Ukraine.
Gerasimov, in a report to Putin on the conduct of the war, now in its fifth year, said the southern group of Russia’s forces was “carrying out offensive operations to liberate” all of Donetsk Region.
“The troops of the group have liberated the city of Kostiantynivka, one of the main defensive hubs of the enemy within the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk-Kostiantnynivka fortified area”, Gerasimov said.
The Defence Ministry’s post on the Telegram messaging app showed what it said were scenes from the captured town, including pictures of Russian servicemen holding up national flags around shattered buildings.
Russia’s military has for some time reported that its troops were in control of parts of Kostiantynivka, one of several cities seen as a network of key fortifications in Ukraine’s defence of the region.
Ukraine’s military made no comment on the Russian military report.
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Mostly they didn’t report it because it’s supposedly called Kostiantynivka. Imagine the brown face on your TV scream trying to dislocate his/her/its jaw saying that. It wouldn’t end well.
The “war” should be over “soon”. Two more cities to take. Then pootin will have to come up with some reason to keep it going til 2030. Not that his mate in key-ev won’t be more than glad to give him a hand. You drop a bomb here, I’ll drop a bomb there. 146 schoolgirls make a pound.
Citizen Vigilante….
It is obvious Russia needs to take complete control of eastern Ukraine, see this map:
https://i.imgur.com/tdhYltV.jpeg
Russia, to save itself from drone attacks, must immediately control all the real estate from Moldova to Odessa to Kherson all the way up to Kiev then to the border.