The end of the war in Donbas is near.
In the last few weeks, an Information Op was taking place in the western mainstream media, in which all voices chanted in unison that ‘finally, Ukraine is winning the war’.
But while there’s no denying the increased success of the Kiev regime’s long-range strikes, the fact of the matter in the ground is that, not only is Russia winning, but it is moving into the endgame in the vital Donbas region – the cradle of the war.
We have been reporting on the siege and encircling of Konstantinovka, and how this fortified bastion was the key for the final assault on the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, the last region of Donetsk still held by Ukrainian forces.
But yesterday (22), with the usual delay, we watched several MSM outlets discreetly acknowledge the Russian advances and the oncoming endgame.
As the Western Media tells you “Ukraine is winning” (again)
More last messages from Zelenskys conscripts, hiding in the basements of strategically crucial Konstantinovka.
Ask yourselves why the British, French and German media doesn’t want you to hear this, from Ukrainians. pic.twitter.com/7gY75sxxeK
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) June 11, 2026
KONSTANTINOVKA is another in a long list of FAILURES & RETREAT by KIEV
Artillerymen of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces destroyed a temporary deployment area and an ammunition depot of the AFU.
Konstantinovka
In effective cooperation with UAV teams, the artillerymen… https://t.co/UHqdlUp0kt pic.twitter.com/WikUK1nOoU — (@SMO_VZ) June 22, 2026
The British ‘Conservatives’ from The Telegraph, who are rabid Kiev regime fans, reported:
“Russian troops have infiltrated Ukraine’s fortress belt city of Konstantinovka, a crucial gateway to the rest of the Donbas. Ukrainian soldiers said the entire city, which is part of the country’s eastern defenses, was effectively in a ‘grey zone’, no longer controlled by either side. Russia’s defense ministry claimed its forces had intensified operations in the south-west of the city, surrounding Ukrainian units.”
So, while the posh hyphenated-name columnists laugh and laugh of ‘clueless Vladimir Putin’, they were forced to report the obvious truth.
With their tried and tested playbook, the Russian forces don’t smash head-on against the fortified city, but rather flank it in multiple prongs, encircle it, attack the supply lines, put the defenders into fire pockets, conquer it.
“Last month, reports citing Ukrainian intelligence claimed Russia’s top commanders had convinced Vladimir Putin they could seize Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, the towns at the center of the fortress, by the end of the year.
Such a breakthrough would bring the Kremlin closer to achieving one of its most significant remaining war aims: the conquest of the entire Donbas region.”
Destroyed Ukrainian military equipment on the Slavyansk–Kramatorsk highway https://t.co/Ujme9KWPHZ pic.twitter.com/xICxuX4PVp
— Russian Market (@runews) June 21, 2026
THE LAST of the MAIN BATTLES of the DONBASS are coming Shortly !!!!!
TOTAL LIBERATION SOON !
After the liberation of Konstantinovka, the main task of the Russian army will be to capture Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The loss of this agglomeration by Ukraine will put an… https://t.co/YeFPwfT2BZ pic.twitter.com/Bkm0U92Wxe — (@SMO_VZ) June 22, 2026
The New York Times came out with a long, emotional report, filled with corrected information:
“The sense of foreboding in Donetsk is a sobering development for Ukraine at a moment when it has otherwise received a boost from a campaign of longer-range strikes and the stalling of Russian forces along most of the front.
Russia still has superior numbers and firepower. And after years of grinding warfare in the region, its forces have been concentrating on the ‘fortress belt’ cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka and Konstantinovka, part of the roughly 20 percent of Donetsk that Ukraine still controls.”
Le Ministère de la Défense a diffusé une vidéo montrant l’installation de drapeaux sur la rue Preobrazhenka à Konstantinovka. Située dans la partie Nord-Ouest de la ville, cette zone indique que le centre géographique et une grande partie des quartiers environnants… pic.twitter.com/LAitqaDkJb — Octar Ruga (@OctarRuga) June 22, 2026
While Sloviansk and Kramatorsk are not in ‘imminent danger’ of being conquered, Russian attackers are battering them with glide bombs and kamikaze drones.
“Ukraine has resisted Trump administration pressure to hand over the Donbas region, which includes Donetsk, and grant President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia his central demand in peace negotiations. While Kyiv insists that it will keep fighting for the region, there might be little left of its main cities to defend.
Bakhmut. Avdiivka. Chasiv Yar. Toretsk. All of these cities suffered that fate, and are front of mind to those now evacuating from Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and their surroundings.”
The Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration was fortified over the last 12 years, but the NYT is forced to admit that ‘the links of the fortress belt began to crack’.
Clean up operations continue in Konstantinovka, the Russian army also advances in Krasny Liman, crushing any enemy reinforcements. pic.twitter.com/adq9qd3bnn — Spetsnaℤ 007 (@Alex_Oloyede2) June 22, 2026
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