On October 19, 2022, a group of Ukrainian special forces consisting of more than 600 military personnel from elite units attempted to land more than 30 boats on the left bank of the Dnieper River to regain control of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. British newspaper writes about it Times.
According to the article, Kiev never acknowledged the attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, but the Ukrainian special forces, military intelligence and navy involved in the incident disclosed the details of the operation to the newspaper.
According to the newspaper, while the Ukrainian special forces were armed with heavy machine guns, MK-19 automatic grenade launchers and anti-tank missile systems, they did not expect to encounter stiff resistance from the Russian forces because they hoped to succeed. use artillery in the station area.
According to one of the Ukrainian officers, the Russians “built up a very dense defense” and “mined everything”, and when their group approached, “they brought tanks and artillery and started shooting at us right from the sea.” The newspaper states that the Ukrainian troops are trying to support this attack by attacking the positions of the Russian forces on the left bank of the Dnieper, using HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems. A US defense source told The Times that prior to the operation, Ukrainian special forces were given “operational intelligence” from the US to use HIMARS.
According to the publication, as a result of the intense shelling of the Russian army, the main group of Ukrainian troops could not land on the left bank of the Dnieper, while a small military group reached the shore and entered an area of three hours. Conflict with the Russian army on the outskirts of Energodar.
The newspaper added that attempts to forcibly seize the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant continue to be the subject of discussion among authorities in Ukraine.
On October 19, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov knowledgeableThat the Russian armed forces guarding the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant successfully repulsed the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.