Ukraine announced the successful landing of its military in annexed Crimea. What is known about this

A group of Ukrainian intelligence officers carried out a successful landing on the coast of annexed Crimea. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The message says that the landing took place in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Olenevka and Mayak on Cape Tarkhankut. Having landed, the Ukrainian military allegedly entered into battle with the Russians, inflicted losses on them in manpower and equipment, and then “left the scene without losses,” the GUR claims. They also published a video allegedly taken during the operation.

“The goals were achieved, there were no casualties among personnel. The special operation is ongoing, we are not disclosing all the details, there are losses among enemy personnel, as well as among forces and means. Information on the number of losses is being clarified,” told the Ukrainian publications Hromadske and Suspilne . Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine,

Representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate also told RBC-Ukraine that the landing was in the nature of a raid and the Ukrainian military had already returned.

In turn, the publication “Krym.Realii” reported about explosions that were heard at about 5 a.m. on August 24 near the village of Mayak on Cape Tarkhankut. According to the publication, a battle took place there with the participation of watercraft and aircraft. They also noted that in the village of Mayak there is a base of the 3rd radio-technical regiment as part of the radio-technical troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and on the Tarkhankut peninsula there is a radar center of the Russian troops.

According to the Russian telegram channel Baza, on the night of August 24, unknown persons in rubber boats fired at the Olenevka Village campsite with tourists in the Black Sea region. In turn, the Russian telegram channel Shot claims that four boats with Ukrainian saboteurs were destroyed at Cape Tarkhankut, who suffered losses of 15-20 people killed. At the same time, Russian military blogger Vladimir Romanov wrote that, according to his data, the Ukrainians left without losses.

Russian official sources, including the authorities of the annexed Crimea and the Ministry of Defense, did not comment on reports of the landing of the Ukrainian military.

A day earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of a Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system in the area of ​​the village of Olenevka, five kilometers from the village of Mayak. The Main Intelligence Directorate did not specify how exactly the anti-aircraft installation was destroyed, but stated that this was a “painful blow” to the Russian air defense system, which would affect “further events in occupied Crimea.”

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