{"id":2643,"date":"2026-07-04T06:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:06:08","slug":"russian-defence-ministry-says-its-forces-captured-kostiantynivka-in-eastern-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2643","title":{"rendered":"Russian defence ministry says its forces captured Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s military told Russian President Vladimir Putin 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.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2641\">China launches coast guard patrol east of Taiwan despite international pushback<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Putin, shown in videos visiting a command post and receiving a report from top commanders, praised the city&#8217;s capture as an important strategic achievement. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He also said Russian forces had to increase the scale of security zones in response to intensified Ukrainian long-range strikes, mainly against Russia&#8217;s oil industry.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine made no comment on Russia&#8217;s claim to have seized Kostiantynivka. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>General Valery Gerasimov, chief of Russia&#8217;s General Staff, announced the city&#8217;s capture in a report on the conduct of the war, now in its fifth year. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gerasimov said the southern group of forces was carrying out offensive operations to &#8220;liberate&#8221; all of the Donetsk region, part of the broader Donbas region over which Russia has vowed to secure control as a key aim of its war effort. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The troops of the group have liberated the city of Kostiantynivka, one of the main defensive hubs of the enemy within the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk-Kostiantynivka fortified area&#8221;, Gerasimov said. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;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&#8217;s defence of the region. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Putin described the city as having an important strategic significance. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all know that this city is a key transport and large industrial centre of Donbas,&#8221; Putin said. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>RUSSIAN PICTURES SHOW SOLDIERS IN CITY <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Defence Ministry posted images on Telegram that it said were scenes from Kostiantynivka, including pictures of Russian soldiers holding national flags by shattered buildings. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2639\">China launches coast guard patrol east of Taiwan despite international pushback<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gerasimov also told Putin that Russian forces were closing in on Lyman, a town about 70 km (45 miles) to the north which he said was &#8220;of key logistical and strategic importance for further advances in this direction&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The head of Russia&#8217;s northern troops, Yevgeny Nikiforov, said his forces had &#8220;not yet fully managed to resolve the task&#8221; of preventing Ukrainian drone strikes that have hit oil installations and caused fuel shortages in Russia. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Putin responded by saying: &#8220;The more attacks the enemy tries to carry out on our civilian facilities &#8230; the larger a security zone we&#8217;ll have to establish in the neighbouring territory.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Nikiforov told Putin that Russian troops were making progress in securing border areas in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions, where Moscow has called for expanded buffer zones. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other officials have said Russia&#8217;s advances in eastern Ukraine have slowed considerably since the beginning of the year and Kyiv&#8217;s forces have even recaptured some territory. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Putin, in his remarks, dismissed Kyiv&#8217;s statements as an &#8220;information campaign in which it puts on display supposed successes&#8221;. 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