Ukraine says its forces have captured gas and oil drilling platforms off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea, reclaiming a strategic surveillance site from Russian forces years after Moscow first seized them from Ukraine.
Videos of the raid on the oil and gas platforms, known as Boyko Towers, circulated on the internet Monday.
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence agency shared images and documentary footage of Ukrainian soldiers hoisting flags up on the platforms. Ukrainian soldiers battled against at least one Russian fighter jet and damaged it, according to Ukraine, which released video footage of the operation.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs, said Russia has used the oil and gas platforms for monitoring and surveillance since 2015, shortly after the illegal Russian annexation of Crimea.
Gerashchenko said the return of the platforms to Ukrainian control were of “great value” to Kyiv.
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Ukraine says its forces have captured gas and oil drilling platforms off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea, reclaiming a strategic surveillance site from Russian forces years after Moscow first seized them from Ukraine. https://t.co/89ZUZPmRCf pic.twitter.com/AkfDoT6oqa
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