DONETSK, December 4. /TASS/. A Ukrainian battlegroup that had been hiding in a pipe plant in Kurakhovo, in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has become trapped, a source in the security services told TASS.

"In fact, the remaining enemy force, which is now hiding in the basements of Kurakhovo’s pipe plant, is surrounded," the source said.

It was clarified that the Ukrainian armed forces in this frontline area are being pressured by Russian troops from the north, south, and east. "They [Ukrainian forces] have no chance of escaping this territory safely," the source noted.