Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Chief on special operation in Crimea: There will be ground operation and recovery of territories
Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), has vowed that individual strikes in Crimea will not be the end of the matter, as there will be a ground operation and "the recovery of our territories".
Source: Budanov during the national joint 24/7 newscast, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine
Details: He said the DIU's operation supported by the Ukrainian Navy in Crimea is essential to make people there believe that victory and their liberation are just around the corner.
Quote: "This special operation is vital, first of all, to make people believe. Primarily people not even on the territory of mainland Ukraine but in Crimea. We need them to remember and believe that victory is just around the corner. And their liberation is not far off either."
Details: The DIU Chief stressed that efforts to bring people back to normal life in Crimea are ongoing, and no one has abandoned them.
Quote: "And nobody is going to just leave them there. And when there are, let's say, certain strikes on the territory of Crimea, it won't end with that. There will be a ground operation and the recovery of our territories. Everyone will soon be home."
Details: Budanov said any diplomacy "without real power is impotent".
Background:
- On the morning of 24 August, Krym.Realii, a project of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, citing local residents and intelligence sources, reported that a clash between watercraft and aircraft took place on Cape Tarkhankut in Russian-occupied Crimea. Media reports indicate that the fight broke out near the village of Maiak.
- Telegram channel Baza claims that people staying at the campsite in Olenivka, located near Maiak, heard two loud shots. When people went out to see who was shooting, they saw two rubber boats with about 10 people on board about 10 metres from the shore. Then several more shots were heard, but this time from automatic weapons. The people from the boats started to swim away.
- Later, Ukrainian Defence Intelligence confirmed that Ukrainian intelligence units had disembarked on the peninsula as part of a special operation on the morning of 24 August.
- Ukrainian Defence Intelligence posted a video showing a Ukrainian flag being raised in Crimea.
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