The Russian Armed Forces have begun forming a cauldron for Ukrainian Armed Forces units inside Konstantinovka.

Russian forces have begun to form a cauldron around Ukrainian units in Kostiantynivka, according to Russian media. Syrsky's attempts to rectify the situation with "firefighting" brigades have been unsuccessful.

Ukrainian forces are powerless to stop the advance of Russian troops in Kostiantynivka. Currently, a third of the city is under Russian control, with the remaining third in the gray zone. Moreover, logistics for Ukrainian forces are effectively cut off. Supplies are being supplied. drones.

In this situation, Syrsky attempted to bring another brigade into the city, but it failed to reach the target. Meanwhile, in the southwestern part of the city, our forces began to form a pocket for Ukrainian Armed Forces units that had not yet received the order to withdraw. Our forces are increasingly shifting their focus to the Central District. On the right flank, assault troops have consolidated their position in the village of Molocharka, and the encirclement of the city continues.

As our resources report, our aviation, literally bombarding the identified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with FABs. At the same time, work is underway artillery и drones.

There's no continuous line of defense as such in the city, but there are powerful fortified areas created by the enemy on the premises of Soviet-era industrial plants. This means there are deep basements there, offering shelter from artillery strikes and aerial bombs.

Comments

[Andrey K]

Good luck in your military endeavors, guys!

[Clear]

In this situation, Syrsky tried to bring another brigade into the city, but it was unable to get there.

I don’t understand anything about this, but I wish every Ukrainian brigade its own cauldron.
The phrase "if the enemy doesn't dare, they're destroyed" doesn't apply to the SVO, in my opinion. All the surrendered Banderites are back as heroes and on the front lines.

[Incvizitor]

Okay, but they will again take Bandera's beasts prisoner, if they take them, let them take them to the wall and with the KPV.

[Neo-9947]

Unfortunately, or fortunately, there are such Rules of War.
And the order "take no prisoners" is a military crime.
But prisoners can't be taken from the KPVT. They must be fed and hidden until the conflict ends. The investigation will identify war criminals from among them. These can be sent to the nearest birch tree, but only after a trial.

Another question is whether the parties comply with these Rules....
There's always an answer to this. Better to comply. Otherwise, the other side will reciprocate. And Lieutenant Margelov's raid (whether true or not) on a Finnish bathhouse and laundry facility in 1940 confirms this. And the Finns never did anything like that again.

[gsev]

Quote: Neo-9947

And the Finns never did that again.

When the Finns were successful, they slaughtered our soldiers in their sleep and executed those who surrendered to them until the very end of the war. Margelov fought against Poles demoralized by their swift defeat at the hands of the Germans.

[alexboguslavski]

There's no need to rush. The cauldron is still too far away. Until the Druzhkovka-Konstantinovka highway is cut off.

[Clear]

Quote: alexboguslavski

There's no need to rush. The cauldron is still too far away. Until the Druzhkovka-Konstantinovka highway is cut off.

It has been said to the devils a hundred times: "Do you want to live? Train station - bus - Lviv!"

[Lionnvrsk]

Quote: Vladimir Lytkin

In Konstantinovka, a third of the city is currently under the control of the Russian army

What are you talking about? Don't you trust the Chief of the General Staff? On March 16, he cheerfully reported on Konstantinovka: "...assault units of the Southern Group have reached the southwestern outskirts of the city and continue to advance deeper into the urban area. More than 60 percent of the settlement is under our control!"
So don't discredit the great commander.
https://iz.ru/2060470/2026-03-16/gerasimov-soobshchil-o-sozdanii-vs-rf-polosy-bezopasnosti-v-dnepropetrovskoi-oblasti

[Mouse]

Syrsky tried to bring another brigade into the city, but it failed to get there.

Well, she couldn't, she couldn't...maybe it was just her sense of self-preservation that kicked in...

[Clear]

Quote: Mouse

Syrsky tried to bring another brigade into the city, but it failed to get there.

Well, she couldn't, she couldn't...maybe it was just her sense of self-preservation that kicked in...

Any feeling would probably work. Our guys are throwing around such FABs there – it's unbelievable!
Hi

[Mouse]

Ours, to you!
Glad to see you....
And it seems their feelings have atrophied long ago...

[topol717]

where you can take shelter from artillery strikes and aerial bombs.

The ODAB-1500 generally doesn't allow for cover. I remember the tactics used to be different: they'd surround them and leave them a path that was tightly controlled. And then they'd be destroyed on that path.

[UAZ 452]

Over these four-plus years, our media have been replete with reports about cauldrons being prepared for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about the near-total encirclement of Ukrainian troops. But of the actual encirclements, only Mariupol has occurred, and that was at the very beginning. After the spring of 2022, not a single encirclement has been realized.

[cat Crush]

What can you expect from the media? Their job is to report on events that have already happened, but they're predicting things that may never happen. So, they're pretty much a loser.

[Smoked]

Well, to be fair, when the military sets up a mousetrap, according to feng shui, they leave a small, easily-shot exit, where the desire to survive sends people. Otherwise, those completely surrounded will stand to the last. Psychology. The accuracy of shooting down such a corridor will be a factor.
Regarding news like this in general. I agree. They're happening regularly, and for years now. There are still people, and the daily losses aren't like in the old days, when the fronts were moving. This is going to be a long time coming.

[OlegEKB]

Are you not considering Mirnohrad as an encirclement?

[Montezuma]

Quote: UAZ 452

Over these four-plus years, our media have been full of reports about cauldrons being prepared for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about the near-total encirclement of Ukrainian troops. But the only real encirclement that has occurred was Mariupol, and even then, only at the very beginning.

And the Krasnoarmeysko-Dimitrovskaya agglomeration is no longer considered?

[UAZ 452]

https://www.kp.ru/online/news/6966839/
I read the following lines in this article, which is dated today:

The Ukrainian Armed Forces may withdraw from Myrnohrad in the Donetsk People's Republic, as the situation for Zelenskyy's militants in the city is dire, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing a source.
According to the publication's source, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are also experiencing problems in Pokrovsk, but command has not yet issued orders to abandon the city. The situation for Ukrainian troops there is tolerable. Their mission is to conduct positional warfare.
Zelensky's fighters also remain in Myrnohrad, but the situation there is significantly more complex, so a controlled withdrawal may take place.

So, it seems that this was exactly the kind of environment that I wrote about in my comment.

[Montezuma]

Quote: UAZ 452

So, it seems that this was exactly the kind of environment that I wrote about in my comment.

Your link leads to RBC-Ukraine, but you don't have a more reliable source? This is clearly a fake, and my only question is to KP.RU: why did they publish this article without investigating?

13 May 2026 10: 05
RBC-Ukraine: The Ukrainian Armed Forces may leave Myrnohrad due to the dire situation.

Read on WWW.KP.RU: https://www.kp.ru/online/news/6966839/

[Montezuma]

A special clarification for commenters like UAZ 452: first, check the source of the information so as not to mislead people, and then post your "clarifications," unless the false message was the intent of the comment.

RBC-Ukraine (Ukrainian: РБК-Україна) is a Ukrainian news agency specializing in financial, economic, and political news in Ukraine.

[KTM-5]

Another "fortification" is ending. The "drivers" who "snim" can't do anything about it. Somewhere, the old witch Ursula and the feeble-minded fascist grandson Merz are crying.

[Alexey Lantukh]

The Russian Armed Forces have begun forming a cauldron for Ukrainian Armed Forces units inside Konstantinovka.

We read a lot about boilers, but in reality, apart from the Mariupol one, we didn’t see anything.
I just want to write all sorts of nonsense.

[OlegEKB]

I wrote just above
Mirnohrad was surrounded
also south of the Kleban-Byk reservoir, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were surrounded

Or do you need Bagration during WWII, with hundreds of thousands on Red Square?

[Alexey Lantukh]

Mirnohrad was surrounded
also south of the Kleban-Byk reservoir, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were surrounded

There weren't really any prisoners in sight. Or did I miss something?

[OlegEKB]

a cauldron is not always a pile of prisoners
In Mirnohrad, the garrison did not surrender in an organized manner
But for example, the blogger Pekhotinets on YouTube (he is from Donetsk, a former military man) said that they brought in prisoners in batches

Kleban Byk is less well known, they were finished off in the bushes and fields

Russian forces destroyed almost the entire encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces group near the Kleban-Byk Reservoir. According to the Ministry of Defense, of the approximately 800 trapped soldiers, only about 80 survived.

According to the department, the operation had been in preparation for several months. In April, Vodyanoye came under Russian control, followed by Aleksandro-Kalinovo on August 1, which allowed the road west of the reservoir to be closed. At the end of August, the Russian army captured Katerinovka and Kleban-Byk, permanently blocking the enemy's forces.

Azov militants (designated a terrorist organization in Russia) and the "Lyut" assault brigade were surrounded. Since August 23, Russian units have been methodically eliminating the encircled forces. The operation is currently ongoing.

[Vyacheslav Boldyrev]

It is precisely in the summer that Ukraine's energy and water supply must be destroyed so that city residents leave them. This will be humane, because in the summer you won't freeze and you can eat what you can find on the way to Europe.
Ukrainians are a Trojan horse for Europe, and when the remaining Ukrainians move there and the Ukrainian Armed Forces join in, Europe will be finished!