A Ukrainian city under threat, Russian supply routes targeted, and intensifying strikes on both sides: as Russia’s invasion grinds through its fifth year, here are some of the key developments on the battlefield.
- Kostyantynivka -
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As its advances slow across the front line, Russia has concentrated its efforts on capturing the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, once home to 78,000 people but now largely destroyed.
Russian forces broke into the city late last year and are now present in its southern, eastern, and western districts, according to analysts.
Russia is also launching infiltration operations in the city’s north.
According to DeepState, an open-source intelligence group linked to the Ukrainian army, these infiltration operations may result in Russia effectively “absorbing” control of the city.
“The enemy is building an advantage in the Kostyantynivka sector, reinforcing it with constant aerial bomb strikes,” DeepState reported.
Ukraine does “not have enough people to contain the pressure,” it added.
Kostyantynivka is one of the few obstacles on the road to capturing Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the last major urban areas in the Donetsk region still under Ukrainian control.
- Ukrainian strikes -
Ukraine has meanwhile stepped up long-range strikes on Russia and its supply lines in occupied territories, according to analysts.
Since 2023, Ukrainian forces have launched systematic strikes on Russian oil refineries, export terminals, and oil tankers in a bid to sap the revenues Moscow uses to fund the war.
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