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On August 27, Russian forces thwarted another landing operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kinburn Spit in the Kherson region. As a result of the battle, two Ukrainian landing crafts and about 10 servicemen, including Polish mercenaries, were destroyed.
The Russian Ministry of Defense revealed details of the attack. Russian reconnaissance spotted Ukrainian assault crafts moving early in the morning. Ukrainian group was moving on a high speed from the port of Ochakov towards the Kinburn Spit.
According to the footage from Russian reconnaissance UAV, in total, at least four bots were involved in the attack.
The landing was supported by Ukrainian artillery. When the crafts approached the Russian shore, Ukrainian artillery opened massive fire on Russian military positions to allow the assault group to land on the spit. However, this did not help to complete the goals of the operation and gain a foothold on the territory under the Russian control.
Russian forces that are defending the coast of the Dnieper Estuary on the Kinburn Spit let the enemy to approach the coast within striking distance of their anti-tank weapons. When Ukrainian boats approached, they launched guided missiles from the Kornet ATGM, destroying the first boat with Ukrainian military personnel.
The Ukrainian military launched a guided combat bot which exploded on the shore and allowed to clear mines in a small area. The first Ukrainian group attempted to land on the shore, where it was destroyed by guided missiles of Fagot ATGM. Then, a shooting battle began. Russian anti-tank paratroopers of the airborne artillery unit destroyed the personnel of the Ukrainian assault group, among whom, there were foreign mercenaries from Poland.
The Ukrainian military leaves no hope to land on the poorly protected spits in the Kherson region in order to gain a foothold and launch offensive in Russian rear to cut the entire Russian grouping from the Crimean peninsula. Ukrainian special forces launched several attacks on the Russian coast in recent weeks but all of them resulted only in Ukrainian losses. LINK, LINK, LINK
Amid Russian advance on Donbass frontlines, various military experts believe that the ongoing military operations in the Kursk region may be a deceptive maneuver of the Ukrainian military aimed to distract Russian forces from the possible counter offensive in the south.
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