Putin TRAPS Ukrainian Troops in ‘Killing Area’: Russian forces have reportedly established a deadly "killing area" around the strategic town of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), placing Ukrainian troops at severe risk of encirclement. According to a New York Times report cited by Russian state agency TASS, a 16-km-wide pocket has been created with Russian forces partially surrounding the town from the east, south, and west.