OREANDA-NEWS   Russian soldiers captured and interrogated five soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during a combat mission near the settlement of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was told by a fighter of the Armed Forces of Russia with the call sign Orange, his words are quoted by TASS.

"We broke into their positions along the woodlands. We noticed movement in the basement and identified the position of the machine gun emplacement. Moreover, it was immediately destroyed after that. Five nationalists were captured and interrogated," Orange said, adding that the prisoners were later transferred to a command post.

According to him, the Russian soldiers were under artillery and mortar fire. At the same time, most of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers retreated, throwing their weapons into position.

Earlier, a soldier with the call sign Alex reported that Russian fighters in the DPR had eliminated the female crew of operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).