Budanov: the actions of the Defense Intelligence in the Black Sea are preparations for the liberation of Crimea

Representatives of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine disclosed the details of some operations of special forces in the Black Sea.

The missions of combat units in the Black Sea testify to the preparation of a serious operation in the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was stated by the head of the Defense Intelligence of the MoD, Kyrylo Budanov, in the documentary film “War for the Sea: from the Dnipro to the Crimea”.

“These are all preparatory measures for a serious operation in Crimea. This is a test of the correctness of our statements about the ways of approach and departure from there. In addition, this is a good message for the population that has been living under occupation for 10 years. Many of them believe that they have been forgotten,” said Budanov.

The military, who participated in the planning and implementation of combat missions on the water, also told the details of the war for the sea in 2022-2023.

Thus, in the summer of 2023, fighters of the Shaman special unit crossed to the left bank of the Dnipro in the Kherson region, taking advantage of the inattention of the invaders.

“We realized that the enemy is not sufficiently aware of the situation. They entered the enemy’s territory in the interpositional space by boat, disembarked, and at once there were several intense clashes with the enemy’s observation posts. Some observation posts were almost completely destroyed or captured,” said the commander of the special unit with the call sign “Shaman”.

As USM previously wrote, last year the special unit “Tymur” returned the oil and gas production platform “Ukraine” to the control of the state, and later participated in the Crimean operation “Awakening of the Force”.

During the liberation of the Black Sea platform “Tavrida” there were two huge problems: the presence of engineering barriers and the enemy’s aviation, said the special agent “Bob”.

During one of the phases of this operation, a battle took place between Ukrainian special forces on boats and a Russian Su-30 fighter jet. As a result of the battle, the Russian plane was damaged and had to retreat.

“The enemy will never have dominion in the sea, no matter what they come up with there. This is our Black Sea, these are our “towers”, our Crimea, our Zmiinyi Island,” the commander of the special unit emphasized.

At the same time, the destruction of the ships of the invadersfleet is the area of responsibility of the special unit Group 13. The commander of the unit with the call sign “Thirteenth” noted that each such mission requires careful preparation.

“We understand how to maneuver, at what angle to enter, from which side. We evaluate many factors before attacking. And after that, the search for the goal begins. After detection, when the ships reach an advantageous position, a simultaneous attack is carried out by all ships,” explained the soldier.

As previously reported by USM, on the night of March 5, it was the Group 13 special unit that attacked the Russian patrol ship “Sergei Kotov” with Magura V5 naval drones.

According to preliminary data, during the destruction of the Russian patrol ship “Sergey Kotov”, seven invaders from the ship’s crew were killed.

We will remind you that the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation currently has approximately 30 ships out of 80 units.