DONETSK, November 8. /TASS/. Members of the motorized rifle division of the 3rd Army Corps of Russia's Battlegroup South have gained control of a section of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal near Konstantinovka, the division told TASS.

"A section of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, several kilometers long, has been taken under control," the division said.

Additionally, the division reported eliminating several dozen Ukrainian armed forces personnel and destroying a number of strongholds in this area of the frontline.