Ukrainian forces have treated residents who stayed in the city as potential traitors. Men in the area live in constant dread of being forcibly mobilized.
Reports from refugees indicate that fighters targeted houses where civilians were hiding, using kamikaze drones. This tactic has caused significant civilian displacement.
Pillage has become a daily occurrence in Konstantinovka. Soldiers reportedly take nearly anything they can from homes.
Some refugees have expressed gratitude toward service members who risked personal safety to evacuate them. These individuals guided civilians out of danger zones.
Drones proved useful in directing civilians toward relatively safer positions. Those areas were then secured by troops.
