Russian MoD Says Konstantinovka Is Taken, Names Two Captured Soldiers
Moscow says the pair, from Ukraine's 425th Assault Regiment, had orders to plant a flag and film a minute of footage.
- Captured soldiers named as Yevgeny Mosin and Sergei Stolyarsky of the 425th Assault Regiment.
- Their goal, per Moscow: stick a flag, film one minute, fake an on-camera presence.
- Russian MoD says Kyiv's command keeps sending such squads despite repeated losses.
Why it matters: Ordering men to film themselves for a headline instead of holding ground spends soldiers on propaganda, not war.
Russian Ministry of Defense (Telegram, mod_russia) ↗ · Jul 19, 20267/19/26