Russia Claims Capture of Donetsk's Kostyantynivka
Ukraine says its troops are still holding the strategic Donetsk hub after Russia claimed control and reported 11 assault attempts that failed.
- On Saturday, July 4, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine's General Staff rejected Russian claims that Moscow's forces captured the strategic eastern city of Kostiantynivka, maintaining that their troops continue to defend the town.
- General Valery Gerasimov announced the city's capture in a report to President Vladimir Putin on July 3, describing it as a critical defensive hub within Ukraine's Donetsk fortress belt.
- Army spokesman Andriy Kovalyov admitted small groups of Russian infantry infiltrated the town while stating Ukrainian defenders continue to hold their positions despite 11 recent assault attempts.
- Calling the announcement "just another Russian lie," Zelensky challenged Putin to visit the city personally to discuss a diplomatic end to the war if he truly controlled the territory.
- Following intensified Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, Putin called for expanding security buffer zones in Sumy and Kharkiv regions, while regional authorities reported widespread drone activity reaching deep into Russian territory.
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Putin says Russia has captured a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine – but Zelenskyj says the Russians are bluffing. It concerns Kostiantynivka, one of Ukraine's three strongholds in the defense belt in the east. – The final battle for the city is close, it could take a week or a month before Russia takes control, says military expert Johan Huovinen.
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The Russian Ministry of Defence reported this Saturday that several localities were captured in the Donetsk and Jarkov regions within the framework of the military offensive in eastern Ukraine. Among them, the Russian Army claimed to have conquered the strategic town of Konstantinovka, one of the points that serve Kiev as a barrier against Moscow’s ambitions to occupy the Donbas completely. Continue reading....
Russia announces the conquest of a Ukrainian city. This seems premature – but Kremlin chief Putin needs good news. His opponent imputes lies to him.The Ukrainian military contradicted Moscow's claim to have conquered the city of Kostyantynivka in the industrial area of Donbas. In the morning report of the General Staff there was talk of continuing fighting in the small town with an earlier 67,000 inhabitants. Even in villages even more densely i…
Kiev also denied the fall of the city of Kostyantynivka, announced by Moscow on Friday.
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