Ukrainian forces have used jet skis to creep into Russian-occupied Crimea and a Russian-occupied offshore oil rig at night, according to a commander involved in the operations.
During the raids on Crimea over the last month, they claimed to have killed two Russian colonels, a Russian intelligence officer and 30 Russian soldiers, as well as destroying expensive Russian air defence equipment and four high-speed boats.
“The Russian defence of Crimea is very, very weak,” said Borgese, the nom de guerre of one of the commanders of the operation – and one of the first Ukrainian military personnel to set foot on the peninsula since 2014.
The Russian military considers the Black Sea – which surrounds most of Crimea – to be a defensive deterrent, and that means that “important strategic facilities are located 200 to 300 metres away from the shore,” Borgese continued.
