Kiev had been building a system of defensive positions in Konstantinovka since 2014 and actively reinforced its defences after the fall of Bakhmut;
Konstantinovka’s defence system consisted of two defensive lines with over 150 km of trenches and ditches;
The first defensive line in Konstantinovka, stretching over 30 km, was a continuous system of explosive obstacles;
The second defensive line in Konstantinovka extended up to 35 kilometres and was set up relying on a cascade of reservoirs;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka set up over 80 obstacle sectors and 50 fortified defence nodes, relying in part on kindergartens;
Konstantinovka was the most heavily fortified and deeply echeloned defence area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
To hold Konstantinovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces formed a grouping of 7 brigades and 45 battalions, numbering up to 15,500 troops;
Soldiers of Russia’s Southern Grouping of Forces carried out an envelopment of Konstantinovka from the flanks and brought the main routes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces under fire control;
Konstantinovka was held by national formations from the “Lyut” brigade, the most combat-capable units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
Over 66 sq. km of territory came under Russian control following the liberation of Konstantinovka;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces command gave orders to hold Konstantinovka to the very last, attempting to convince Western handlers that the situation was under control;
As a result of demonstrating imaginary successes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered significant losses, losing around 13,500 troops in Konstantinovka;
The area in the southwest of Konstantinovka, the so-called Ukrainian Khutor, was liberated in mid-June;
The densely built-up urban districts of “Yuzhny” and “Vtoroy” in Konstantinovka were liberated in the second half of May;
The complex of administrative buildings in the “Tsentralny” and “Krasny Gorodok” microdistricts in Konstantinovka were brought under control at the end of May;
The industrial zone of the “Megatex” metallurgical plant in Konstantinovka was liberated at the beginning of June;
Russian servicemen are present in all parts of the city, from the southern to the northern outskirts of Konstantinovka;;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been pushed back several kilometres from Konstantinovka; assault groups are already fighting on the outskirts of Alexeyevo-Druzhkovka;
On the right flank of the Slavyansk sector, the “South” and “West” groupings of forces are advancing towards the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration;
Units of the 3rd Army of Russia’s Southern Grouping of Forces are fighting in Nikolayevka and are only 8 km from the eastern outskirts of Slavyansk;
Soldiers of the “Center” grouping have overcome a powerful defensive line that had been built by the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2014 and was considered impregnable;
The “Center” grouping is developing its offensive in the northern direction, and its forward units have reached Dobropolye and Annovka.
