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| Battle for the scythe. Death of the MTR elite |
| 2024-03-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] Tendra Spit is a long narrow island in the Black Sea near the coast of the Kherson region. In the event of the capture of the Tendrovskaya Spit, the Ukrainian Armed Forces would be able to strike at the occupied part of the Kherson region. Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported the death of servicemen of the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center on the night of Thursday, February 29. The dead tried to land on the Tendra spit in the Kherson region. According to the message of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the fighters died “ensuring the departure of the main forces of the group after completing a special task.” The Ukrainian Armed Forces did not disclose details; there are no official data on the number of deaths. AN IMPORTANT SPRINGBOARD Tendra Spit is a long narrow island in the Black Sea near the coast of the Kherson region. If the spit were captured, the Ukrainian Armed Forces would be able to strike at the occupied part of the Kherson region (the length of the island is about 65 km) and the northwestern part of the annexed Crimea. On the spit there is a lighthouse built almost 200 years ago. The island has been under Russian occupation since February 2022. OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONS The command of the special operations forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that some of the Ukrainian special forces were able to complete the “special task”, but upon leaving they entered into battle with the Russian enemy. “Ensuring the departure of the main forces of the group after completing a special task, the warriors accepted their last battle, remaining in the ranks forever. The heroic and extremely complex combat work of MTR units on land, at sea and deep behind enemy lines is the daily contribution of MTR soldiers to victory over the enemy,” the statement said. ARMY ELITE 73 Naval Center named after Koshevoy Ataman Anton Golovaty is a military unit of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stationed in Ochakov (Nikolaev region). The fighters of this center are engaged in sabotage operations, conducting reconnaissance activities, and seizing ships and coastal buildings. It was this unit that was engaged in operations to protect the coast of the Nikolaev region, as well as the liberation of Snake Island in the Black Sea. RUSSIA VERSION The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had repelled an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage group of Ukrainian special operations forces that attempted to land in the Tendrovskaya Spit area in the Kherson region in five boats. “As a result of the fleeting battle, four boats with a landing party were destroyed and sank, the fifth turned around and departed at high speed in the opposite direction. Enemy losses amounted to up to 25 Ukrainian military personnel. One serviceman was captured,” says the Russian Ministry of Defense. Russian military telegram channels wrote that the Ukrainian military attempted to land on the island of Tendrovskaya Spit in the Black Sea, in the occupied part of the Kherson region. One of the Telegram channels wrote that four bodies of a special forces soldier and one wounded military man were found in a boat found off the coast. The latter was captured and interrogated, establishing that the landing groups belonged to the 73rd Naval Center of the Special Forces. |
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