President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told an international conference this week that Kyiv would “de-occupy” Crimea.
But Ukrainian military intelligence said it had assisted the navy this week in a “special operation” in which they landed units on the western tip of Crimea, had a firefight with Russian forces and raised a Ukrainian flag.
The mission, which was not confirmed by Russia, coincided with Ukraine’s Independence Day and appeared intended to show Ukrainian forces are able to stage ground operations in Crimea and that the peninsula is not invulnerable. Ukraine’s military intelligence this week also reported deliberately luring a Russian military pilot to land his Mi-8 helicopter at a Ukrainian airfield. Russia has not commented.
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