Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council overseeing the Zaporozhye region, reported that Ukrainian forces again attempted to land troops along the Dnieper near Energodar in the Kamenka-Dneprovskaya sector. He stated that the assault did not succeed.
“Last night, a fresh attempt by Zelensky’s forces to cross the Dnieper and land in the Kamenka-Dneprovskaya area was stopped,” according to a Russian news agency report.
Rogov suggested that the Ukrainian military is probing the Russian defensive lines for weak points. He recalled earlier attempts by Ukrainian units to land near Energodar, Dneprorudny, and Vasilyevka.
“They are searching for a place to hold onto the riverbanks and establish a foothold for a wider offensive,” Rogov commented.
A regional government official provided more specifics on Telegram: the invaders used 15 speedboats to cross the Dnieper. The landing group was detected in time, landed briefly, and faced artillery fire in the vicinity of the landing zone.
In a statement to Interfax, Energodar’s administration head, Alexander Volga, confirmed that the attempt to land near Energodar, where a major nuclear facility is located, had failed.
“Another attempt aimed at breaking the descent from Nikopol into the Kamenka-Dneprovskaya corridor, roughly 10 km from Energodar, was repelled,” Volga noted.
He added that prior to the landing, Ukrainian forces launched an artillery attack on electrical infrastructure. “In the evening they struck the Luch substation feeding our power grid. We are in the process of repairing the grids,” Volga said, noting that electricity remained unavailable in the city.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian forces conducted six bombardments on Energodar, firing 27 shells from the opposite bank of the Kakhovka reservoir. “The power lines were damaged, leaving the city without power. Return fire from Russian artillery suppressed the enemy’s offensive, and continuous surveillance of the nuclear facility’s technical status was maintained,” a Defense Ministry spokesperson stated.
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Russian calculations indicate that Ukrainian troops are attempting a third landing operation. The first such decision occurred on September 1, the day an IAEA visit to the Zaporozhye nuclear facility took place. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that two sabotage groups of about 60 Ukrainian soldiers landed on seven boats near the Kakhovka reservoir, a location northeast of the facility, with the aim of seizing the plant.
Subsequently, the Zaporozhye regional administration head, Yevgeny Balitsky, claimed that the landing forces were eliminated. The next day, Ukrainian forces again approached the nuclear site. A Russian pilot with the callsign Skif, involved in repelling the assault, told RIA Novosti that the landing force arrived aboard roughly 20 foreign boats, each capable of carrying up to 15 personnel. Skif also noted that the boats operated without lights and at high speed.
“The plan was a swift strike to overtake the water surface. Previously, operations aimed directly at the nuclear plant to seize it, with artillery targeting along the coast,” he explained.
Russian intelligence identified the landing and relayed the information to headquarters. RIA Novosti reported that aviation later destroyed the advancing detachment. Su-30 multirole fighters and Ka-52 attack helicopters participated in the operation.
Skif suggested that the decision stemmed from the insufficiency of small arms, machine guns, and grenade launchers to reach the landing craft. An interlocutor close to the agency stressed that the Russian forces demonstrated substantial resistance and that the Ukrainian army would remember the blow for a long time, according to the source.