I'll post an update on Kostyantynivka later today.

In short, it doesn't look good for Ukraine.

Russian forces have captured the village of Novodmytrivka, Kostyantynivka direction, Donetsk Oblast (Kramatorsk District).

Pre-war population: ~415.
Total land area: ~0.72 km².

The fighting for Novodmytrivka lasted approximately 1 month, 2 weeks.

We're also seeing a somewhat similar situation to Kostyantynivka unfold in Lyman. Russian forces have begun massively infiltrating the city from the north and east, contesting several different districts.

As with most other parts of the frontline, the situation is very complicated and dynamic, with both Russia and Ukraine holding overlapping and mixed positions in a sprawling grey-zone within Lyman. Ukraine does hold multiple strongpoints, namely in the city centre and the high-rise buildings near the central hospital complex.

What's interesting is that Ukraine has begun remotely mining the road north of the city centre following renewed intense Russian infiltrations into the southern suburbs, indicating a preparation for a deeper Russian penetration into the city.

Russia has also begun intensively striking Ukrainian logistics across the Siverskyi Donets River, which has always been unfavourable for Ukrainian supply. Ukrainian forces usually move on ATVs and in small groups of 2-3 soldiers through the dense forests and dirt roads to the "safer" parts of the city. Russian drone operators are focused on monitoring and striking these routes, however the dense forest allows most Ukrainian forces to slip through undetected.

East of Lyman, a large kill-zone almost the size of Lyman itself has formed where neither side holds strong positions. This formed as a result of Ukrainian counterattacks and infiltrations towards Zarichne and the Pynkov Yar Gulley in May. Russian forces have since repelled these infiltrations and recaptured lost positions, but have been unable to restore control over the large grey-zone east of the city, which was already partially present before May.

Meanwhile, south and southeast of Lyman, Ukrainian forces continue their counterattacks in the Ozerne, Dibrova, and Yampil areas, tying up Russian forces that could be used to assault Lyman, and significantly disrupting Russia's push to the south of Lyman that is aimed at forming a solid left flank to the city to begin enveloping it.

So, it can be safely said that the situation in Lyman is not nearly as bad as Kostyantynivka for Ukraine, but it has become substantially more difficult in the last couple of weeks.

Incredible accuracy of Russian KAB glide-bomb strikes on the treelines west of Vozdvyzhivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, seen on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery with a false colour filter.

The New York Times reports that a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, Both crewmembers have reportedly been rescued safely.

It is currently unknown if it was shot down by Iranian air defence, or had some kind of malfunction.

The Israeli Air Force carried out a new wave of airstrikes on the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon.

The IDF claims that they killed 3 members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in two separate targeted assassination strikes on the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.

According to them, they killed Muhammad Atiya Hassan Abu Afesh, the Head of the PIJ's Engineering and Specializations unit, and Farhat Zuhair Farhat Harara, the Deputy Head of the PIJ's Engineering Directorate, in one strike.

The other strike reportedly killed Abdullah Allah Riad Masoud Qadum, the head of the PIJ's Northern Gaza anti-tank unit, who reportedly took part in many ATGM strikes against IDF forces during the war.

US President Donald Trump earlier said in regard to peace negotiations -

"Iran is going to give us everything we want"

Hezbollah released footage showing an ATGM strike on an Israeli Merkava tank near the historic Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon.

A Russian Su-57 flying near Tokmak, Zaporizhhzia Oblast, just tried to shoot down a Ukrainian tactical aircraft launching glide-bombs from east of Zaporizhzhia City at the Hulyaipole area, with an R-37/77 air-to-air missile.

Russian forces have captured the village of Novooleksandrivka, Dobropillya direction, Donetsk Oblast (Pokrovsk District).

Pre-war population: ~74.
Total land area: ~0.39 km².

The fighting for Novooleksandrivka lasted approximately 2 months, 15 days.