The Arrow Society stated this morning that the area south of the Klyuv-Bayk reservoir in the southern direction of Kostyantynivka (Donetsk-Konstantinovka) has not yet been flattened, and the clearing work is still ongoing.
On the morning of August 24, Russian frontline journalist Yury Khotenok reported on the situation in Druzhkivka and Kostyantynivka (Donetsk-Konstantinovka):
Russian armed forces' units are advancing along the front lines in these directions:突击部队 have entered the western part of Shakhove and are advancing in the residential areas.
In the northern part of Shakhove, the Russian armed forces have occupied the No. 2 refractory ore quarry and entered the western forest;
In the south, the突击部队 are clearing Vlasivka, consolidating their positions, and fighting near the Kazon-Torets River at the southern entrance to Shakhove.
In the east, allied forces are advancing from the east towards Shakhove and Artemivsk (Sofiyivka), and moving north along the Portavka River, from there implementing fire control over the O-0520 road leading to the Artem settlement (Dolhabarka) and further west towards Kostyantynivka (within a range of about 500 meters near the river dam).
At the same time, in the east, Russian forces have advanced along the road to the quarry to the north of Rusyniar and along the western side of Stepanivka towards Vidnebar.
In other words, the Russian armed forces continue to advance towards Druzhkivka west of Kostyantynivka, posing a threat of breaking through the Ukrainian military defenses between these settlements.
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the forces of the Southern Army Group continue to attack Kostyantynivka from the south and east.
South of the Klyuv-Bayk reservoir — the Klyuv-Bayk settlement has been controlled by Russian forces.
The突击部队 have also taken control of the Ukrainian positions near the southeastern high ground near the road to Shelibynivka and are clearing the northern suburbs of Shelibynivka in the eastern part of Klyuv-Bayk. The Russian突击部队 are pushing the Ukrainian army out of the Matrona Moskovska mine.
For the remaining Ukrainian forces in the southern encirclement, there is only a narrow "bottleneck" passage of about 500 meters, which passes through the "green area" north of the Klyuv-Bayk settlement.
In the orchard area, the Russian armed forces are attacking towards Nerepyvka; battles are taking place in the western suburbs of Aleksandrov-Shtyrkin and nearby the north, where the Russian forces are pushing the Ukrainian army out of the defense area west of the canal; continuous fighting is occurring near the southeast suburbs of Kostyantynivka from the road side.
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