Ukraine has actually consistently stated it intends to reclaim Crimea, which has actually been under Russian control considering that 2014.
Ukraine’s navy and military intelligence performed a “unique operation” over night with systems landing in Crimea, authorities have actually stated.
A brief and quick video published on Thursday, together with a declaration by the Defence Ministry intelligence service (HUR), revealed a little motorboat moving through the water in the evening near a shoreline.
The supposed landing came at a poignant minute, with Ukraine commemorating its self-reliance from the Soviet Union on Thursday, August 24.
The intelligence service stated the landing point was on the western pointer of the Crimean Peninsula.
“Special systems on boat arrived at the coast in the location of the Olenivka and Mayak settlements,” HUR stated.
It included that “all objectives” had actually been attained which casualties had actually been caused, however did not define the objectives of the operation.
“The opponent suffered losses amongst workers, [and] opponent devices was ruined,” HUR stated, keeping in mind that the “state flag flew once again in the Ukrainian Crimea”.
If verified, the operation would mark an unusual presentation that Ukrainian forces can stage act upon the ground in Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
The reports come a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swore to end Russia’s profession of Crimea.
Throughout a speech at a worldwide conference on Crimea in Kyiv, Zelenskyy stated Crimea will be “de-occupied like all other parts of Ukraine that are sadly still under the occupier”.
Last month, Moscow implicated Ukraine of assaulting the Russian-built Crimean bridge, which has actually been closed due to numerous occurrences, consisting of a surge in July 2023.
Zelenskyy stated that as soon as Crimea was back under Ukrainian control, it would become part of Ukraine’s economy and, for that reason, the international economy.
“Today we are taking the very first such financial action. We are signing the very first file with business that are prepared to go into Crimea following Ukraine,” he stated.
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s armed force likewise reported intentionally enticing a Russian military pilot to land his Mi-8 helicopter at a Ukrainian airfield.
Ukraine has actually introduced several attacks on the Russian-annexed peninsula because the start of Moscow’s intrusion in February 2022, and describes the location as “momentarily inhabited”.
Russia has actually revealed no indication of deserting Crimea, which it has actually utilized as a platform to release rocket strikes on Ukrainian targets.
Moscow states a referendum held after Russian forces took the peninsula revealed Crimeans wish to become part of Russia, a claim emphatically rejected by Ukraine and much of the worldwide neighborhood.
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