Kostyantynivka, Donetsk Region Stronghold, Remains One Of War's Most Active Battlegrounds

KOSTIANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 16: The crew of an M-109 self-propelled howitzer conducts fire missions toward enemy lines from a well-camouflaged position while nearby soldiers scan the sky for hostile FPV drones and stand ready to shoot them down. The frontline city of Kostiantynivka lies in ruins after months of relentless Russian assaults, with destroyed buildings, empty streets and traces of both military presence and civilian survival visible throughout the area, on October 16, 2025 in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)