Russian forces advanced in Konstantynivka, filling gaps with infantry and pushing into new lines of farm fields and villages.
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Russian forces appear to have filled in portions of the south and east of Konstantynivka with additional infantry.
At least a hundred Russian troops have infiltrated Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, with Ukraine's defence forces recording the Russians in the centre of the city.
Russian troops are attempting to divide the city into separate sectors and make organised defence impossible, leaving Ukrainian infantry at risk of encirclement.
On June 12, Russians killed one resident of the Donetsk region in Druzhkivka. Another seven people in the region were wounded over the past 24 hours.
Two people were killed and four injured in Donetsk Oblast as Russia intensifies efforts to take Kostiantynivka.
Ukrainian drone operators struck a Russian unmanned aircraft unit command post in Novoaandreevka, Donetsk Oblast, and a temporary operator base camp in Dovzhansk, occupied Luhansk Oblast.
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Source story: day-1-2026-06-16