Members of the Ukrainian Navy and Intelligence conducted a “special operation” This includes the deployment of troops to the peninsula. Crimea, It’s where even the Ukrainian flag is displayed, according to a video released by the Ministry of Defense.
The operation was to take place this morning and meant that the troops would arrive in the coastal area located at the western end of a district, between the towns of Olenivka and Mayak. The peninsula under control since 2014 Russia.
According to the UNIAN news agency, the official Ukrainian version states that there were clashes with Russian troops, which would also suffer casualties. According to this statement, Ukrainian troops would always have left the area unharmed.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has always been an advocate regaining the sovereignty of the Crimea, During his appearance in Kiev, he congratulated the military operation, but noted that it was “too early” to talk about the “liberation” of the peninsula.
Zelensky confirmed that the military intelligence chief confirmed to him by phone that there were no victims on the Ukrainian side. Operation It has a particularly symbolic value as it coincides with the Independence Day celebrations commemorating Ukraine’s separatism. Soviet Union.