Ukrainian Armed Forces troops blocked in Krasnoyarske, a settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic, tried unsuccessfully to leave the area, a Russian serviceman with the call sign Smolensk told TASS.
Smolensk said Russian forces had sealed off the district, and that the enemy suffered losses as a result. He added that assault units were then able to clear the settlement without difficulty.
Earlier account from a captured soldier
A Ukrainian prisoner of war said earlier that Ukrainian military command had made a poor decision in leaving soldiers behind in Konstantinovka, according to the report.
