On the night of January 24, a special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which included fighters from the recently created Belarusian Volunteer Corps and the Russian Volunteer Corps, crossed the Dnipro River and landed on the opposite bank.
Previously, thanks to cooperation with local guerrillas and with the help of special technical means, the reconnaissance men established the exact location of the occupants’ forward command post. Despite the dense mining of the coastline and installed fortifications, the group crossed the river and landed on the opposite bank.
After engaging the enemy, the scouts destroyed the house where the command post was located with grenade launchers.
Perceiving the landing as an attempt to break through the defense line, the Rashists immediately brought in combat reserves – a special operations unit, aviation, and armored vehicles. As a result, the intelligence received comprehensive data on the number, composition, and location of enemy reserves.
According to the Belarusian Volunteer Corps, Belarusian volunteers also suffered losses during the operation, but they did not specify which ones. One of the corps’ commanders with the call sign “Gena,” who led the combat group, was seriously injured and is now in hospital.
