On the eastern front, Russian occupation forces are trying to push through to the area between the towns of Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka to gain operational space for further offensive actions. However, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are successfully holding them back.
On July 18, Russian invaders shelled the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast with Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, killing a local resident in his own home.
On Friday, July 11, the Russian army carried out two air strikes with FAB-250 bombs on Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, damaging an educational institution.
National Police officers have evacuated six elderly individuals—including people with limited mobility—from Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, which remains under constant Russian shelling.
The city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster—there is almost no electricity, and there are interruptions in gas and water supply.
Ukrainian police have evacuated a woman with limited mobility and a mother with her four-year-old child from the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, which has been under constant shelling by Russian forces.
Russian troops are attempting to break through toward Kostiantynivka from the Pokrovsk direction, specifically along the Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway, aiming to advance further. Intense fighting is currently ongoing in the area.
Russian forces dropped three aerial bombs on the private residential sector of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, killing three civilians and injuring four others.