KYIV: Ukraine still controls the strategically important eastern city of Kostiantynivka, President Volodymyr Zelensky and the General Staff said on Saturday, rejecting Russian claims that it has been captured. Russia’s military told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that its forces had taken contr»»»

Kostiantynivka has been the southernmost of four key settlements forming a defensive line in Ukraine’s effort to hold the Donetsk region. (AFP pic) KYIV: Ukraine’s general staff on Saturday rejected Russian claims that Moscow’s forces had captured the key eastern city of Kostiantynivka. “We deny th»»»

MOSCOW, July 4, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Russia shot down dozens of Ukrainian drones over Saint Petersburg, authorities said Saturday, with an oil terminal hit and drones falling on a key port as well as a historic palace complex. The strikes on President Vladimir Putin's home city came after a massive Rus»»»