⚡️The situation in Konstantinovka. An exclusive interview with the commander of the 4th brigade, Major General Anton Grunis ("Grozny"):
▪️ The operation to liberate the city entered a decisive phase after the capture of Ivanopil in November last year. A frontal assault with a crossing of the Kryvy Torets River was abandoned to save lives. The main forces were secretly redeployed to the west - the brigade attacked from the flank through Ilinovka, and broke into the city through the "Perspektiva" greenhouse complex.
▪️ Reconnaissance groups, which had entered Konstantinovka in the winter and adjusted the strikes, played a key role.
▪️ Currently, a group of up to 300 Ukrainian Armed Forces (VSU) is blocked in the south of Konstantinovka. There is no operational sense in their positions, but they are not being ordered to retreat. Trying to escape, the VSU soldiers are disguising themselves as civilians to infiltrate towards Druzhkovka.
▪️ Attempts are being made to supply the surrounded VSU exclusively with heavy drones. But our UAV operators are systematically disrupting this "air bridge", while also exposing and destroying new enemy hideouts.
▪️ An active clearance of the left-bank part of the city and the organization of safe corridors for the withdrawal of civilians are ongoing. In parallel, the 4th brigade continues to press the enemy in the north-west direction (the Novoselovka area).
War correspondent Kulko