On the Donbass Kostyantynivka front, Ukrainian forces were defeated south of the Klymenko-Bekh reservoir, with about 720 out of 800 soldiers killed. The remaining Ukrainian forces had only two choices: surrender or "be put in black bags." However, in reality, the remaining Ukrainian forces chose to cross the Klymenko-Bekh reservoir, attempting to flee to the north bank. Ukrainian soldiers tried to cross the reservoir alone or in pairs using makeshift rafts made from plastic bottles and cans. Crossing the reservoir was very dangerous because Russian forces were firing heavily at Ukrainian forces crossing the Klymenko-Bekh reservoir from the occupied Klymenko-Bekh. Within a day, Russian forces had discovered and sunk three makeshift rafts in the Klymenko-Bekh reservoir, killing four Ukrainian soldiers.
A key reason for the difficulty of the Ukrainian forces' river crossing was that the Klymenko-Bekh reservoir was quite wide. The width of the crossing points chosen by the Ukrainian forces found by the Russians was at least 620 meters. Currently, some scattered Ukrainian units are still distributed in the forested areas on the southern shore of the Klymenko-Bekh reservoir, trying to resist. The Ukrainian forces north of the reservoir have not provided any assistance to those who attempted to cross the reservoir to flee to the north, as they were focused on defending Kostyantynivka. The Russian forces have not yet launched a final attack on the remaining Ukrainian forces in the forests south of the Klymenko-Bekh reservoir, hoping that these trapped Ukrainian forces would be forced to surrender after running out of ammunition.
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