In Kostiantynivka, far from the alarming reports of a Russian collapse & Ukrainian penetration, Ukrainian army is in fact continuing to squander resources trying to penetrate the north of the city, whilst the Russians have launched a new encircling operation around Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka: from the west, reconnaissance units advanced across the fields to the first houses of Kindrativka; whilst from the east, the Russians captured a series of trench systems adjacent to Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka and the village of Izhevka, enabling them to launch infiltration operations further north, in Kurtivka. Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=48.57333346717446%2C37.67503736366789&z=12 ]