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Ukrainian navy says it has hurt “Elite” Russian special unit is located at a black sea oil rig.
had an anti-tank missile crew killed in attack And reconnaissance equipment was destroyed at the nearby Sivash drilling rig. Russian-occupied CrimeaNaval forces said in a Telegram post.
Russia has disputed this account by distributing a video alleging that a Ukrainian naval boat was destroyed by the Lancet. FreelancerBut Kyivforces said the video actually showed them deploying kamikaze Freelancer Successfully.
statement from ukraineread: “Naval forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a specific enemy special unit located on the ‘Sivash’ drilling rig. In addition to the technical reconnaissance and observation equipment of the Russian occupiers, an enemy anti-tank missile system with a crew was destroyed.
“Trying to present another defeat as a victory, the Russians are spreading a video allegedly showing the destruction of a Ukrainian navy A ‘Lancet’ munition boat, while in reality, we successfully used a kamikaze drone.”
Ukraine’s military shared a video of the incident on an official Telegram channel, marking the moment they say they killed the team in the video.
Sivash is a self-advancing drilling rig that can drill wells up to six kilometers (3.7 mi) deep. Owned by the Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas company Chornomornaftogaz, it is one of four drilling platforms off the coast of Crimea known as the Boiko Towers.
Russia has occupied the Boiko Towers since 2015 and has used them in its military activities since the beginning of the invasion, such as helipads and sites to deploy radar systems.
This conversation turns into a fight on the ground Pokrovsk has become intense In eastern Ukraine. Moscow forces have been trying to capture the area for more than a year, using pincer tactics to encircle the town of Dobropylia.
Ukraine’s military has said fierce fighting is underway in a part of the city that is vital to Kiev’s front-line logistics. It said additional special forces had arrived and more weapons and equipment were being sent.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops had cleared 35 buildings of Ukrainian troops. It also said Russian forces were crushing encircled Ukrainians near the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, about 100 miles (160 km) to the north.
Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on X/Twitter that he had visited troops fighting near the eastern town of Dobropylia on Tuesday.
“Much attention was paid to weapons, increasing drone production, the needs of the brigade, and the experience of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine ‘Azov’ and other units,” he wrote.