Ukraine Special Ops Have Thwarted Russian New Front Attempts In Zaporizhzhia

The Russian command has attempted to force Ukraine to redeploy scarce troops from Pokrovsk by creating a new front in Zaporizhzhia oblast. 

The Russian's problem is that they also do not have enough troops to initiate this strategy. Ukrainian special forces, especially the Kraken unit of the Defense Intelligence service were aware of this possibility and have systematically thwarted these initiatives. JL

Defense Express reports:

The Russian army wants to use assaults in Zaporizhzhia oblast to penetrate the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to create a bridgehead for new military operations. (But)  Ukrainian special forces at the front managed to destroy dozens of enemy shelters, eliminate hundreds of enemy infantrymen, shoot down reconnaissance and strike drones, as well as burn enemy armored vehicles.

"Virtuosos of the DIU from the Kraken unit are crushing Muscovites in the Zaporizhia region," the press service of the DIU said in its statement.

It is noted that the footage shows the destruction of russian occupiers and equipment with various types of weapons.

Drone operators of the Kraken active operations unit of the DIU (photo above) conduct battlefield reconnaissance, adjust artillery fire, and independently destroy enemy targets on the ground as well as in the air / Video screengrabs

"Masters of the Kraken active operations unit of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine are destroying russian occupiers in the Zaporizhia region," the statement says.

Ukrainian Defense Intelligence noted that over the past month, Ukrainian special forces at the front managed to destroy dozens of enemy shelters, eliminate hundreds of enemy infantrymen, shoot down reconnaissance and strike drones, as well as burn enemy armored vehicles.

Earlier, military experts noted that the situation in the Zaporizhia direction is worsening.

 

According to experts, the russian occupation army wants to enter the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to create a bridgehead for new military operations.

The Kraken unit is a Ukrainian military volunteer unit, part of the active operations units of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine formed in 2022 as a response to the russian invasion of Ukraine.

Named after the mythical sea creature, the unit was formed by veterans of the Azov Regiment and has successfully liberated several occupied villages during the fighting, later also taking part in counter offensives and sabotage operations, becoming one of the more high-profile volunteer units in the war.