If the Tendrovskaya Spit is captured, the Ukrainian Armed Forces can strike the occupied part of the Kherson region.
The Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported the death of servicemen of the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center on the evening of Thursday, February 29. The dead tried to land on the Tendra spit in the Kherson region. According to the message of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the fighters died “ensuring the withdrawal of the main forces of the group after completing a special task.” The Ukrainian Armed Forces did not disclose details; there is no official data on the number of deaths.
An important springboard
Tendra Spit is a long narrow island in the Black Sea near the coast of the Kherson region. If the spit is obtained, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to strike the occupied part of the Kherson region (the length of the island is about 65 km) and the northwestern part of the annexed Crimea.
On the spit there is a lighthouse that was built almost 200 years ago. The island has been under Russian occupation since February 2022.
Official explanations
The command of the special operations forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that some of the special forces of Ukraine were able to complete the “special task”, but on leaving they entered into battle with the enemy of Russia.
“Ensuring the departure of the main forces of the group after completing a special task, the fighters accepted their last battle, remaining in the ranks forever. The heroic and very complex combat work of the MTR units on the ground, at sea and deep behind enemy lines is the daily contribution of MTR soldiers to victory over the enemy,” the statement said.
Army elite
73 Naval Center named after Koshevoy Ataman Anton Golovaty is a military unit of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stationed in Ochakov (Nikolaev region). Fighters of this center engage in sabotage operations, conduct reconnaissance activities, and seize ships and coastal buildings.
This unit was engaged in operations to protect the coast of the Nikolaev region, as well as the liberation of Snake Island in the Black Sea.
Russian version
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it repelled an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage group of Ukrainian special operations forces that attempted to land in the area of Tendrovskaya Spit in the Kherson region in five boats.
“As a result of the short-term battle, four boats with a landing party were destroyed and sunk, the fifth turned around and left very quickly in the opposite direction. The enemy’s losses amounted to 25 Ukrainian military personnel. One serviceman was captured ,” said the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Russian military telegram channels wrote that the Ukrainian military tried to land on the island of Tendrovskaya Spit in the Black Sea, in the occupied part of the Kherson region.
One of the Telegram channels wrote that four bodies of a special forces soldier and a wounded soldier were found in a boat found on the shore. The latter were captured and interrogated, confirming that the landing group belonged to the 73rd Naval Center of the Special Forces.
Source: korrespondent
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