The Ukrainian army announced today, Monday, September 11, that it has regained control of four strategic infrastructures on the Black Sea: these are gas and oil exploration platforms not far from Crimea, which were seized by Russians months ago . “During the operation, the special forces managed to capture important trophies,” Kiev military intelligence said. These would include ammunition supplies for helicopters and a Neva radar that could monitor the movements of ships in the Black Sea. As evidence of the operation, the Ukrainian services released a video in which soldiers from the Yellow and Blue armies can be seen posing on the recaptured platforms. According to Kiev’s reconstruction, this would be the result of a battle fought in the last hours by its special forces by sea against Russian forces mobilized from the air. A Russian aircraft was reportedly damaged and retreated. The value of the recapture, according to British government sources cited by Politico, lies not only in the possibility of extracting energy resources, but also in military logistics: these platforms can actually be used as bases for the deployment of troops and vehicles in the terrain, Helicopter landing or positioning of long-range missile systems.
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