🇷🇺🇺🇦The immediate goal of the summer offensive of the Russian Armed Forces is the capture of Konstantinovka, The Telegraph reports.

The publication writes that the city is located at a key intersection of roads and railways and is an integral part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' "fortress belt" in Donbas. Its loss will complicate supplies and potentially put Kramatorsk within range of Russian artillery.

Some Ukrainian military sources acknowledge that the city could be lost, but they do not believe it would be a catastrophe. They say Russia would suffer heavy losses in street fighting without achieving a significant change in the strategic balance.