Ukrainian Armed Forces plant Ukrainian flag on Kinburn Spit

On August 9, special forces of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine conducted a successful raid on the temporarily occupied Kinburn Spit. During the operation, dozens of Russian soldiers and their armored vehicles were destroyed.

This was reported by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

During the raid on the Kinburn Spit, special forces destroyed

• six units of enemy armored vehicles;
• about thirty occupants.

Special Forces attacked the enemy's fortified positions known as "Kinburn Fortress", "Marine Station" and "Suvorov Monument".

The DIU clarified that the operation was carried out by the Chimera, Aratta, Stugna, Paragon, Siberian Battalion and Terror units of the Timur special forces with the support of the Ukrainian Navy and in coordination with other components of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine.

The soldiers planted the flag of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine at the "Suvorov Monument" position.

"The Kinburn Spit will be free, like all other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine," the statement said.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, environmentalists have recorded 253 fires on the Kinburn Spit, which is under temporary occupation.

The total area of land affected by the fires amounted to 7,166 hectares, with some areas burning twice and some three times. Scientists are conducting remote monitoring of the fires on the Kinburn Peninsula, but due to active hostilities, it is not yet possible to accurately assess the extent of the environmental damage.

Over the two years of the full-scale invasion, Russia has caused $2.4 billion in environmental damage to the Mykolaiv region.

The war in the Mykolaiv region has damaged 79 nature reserve sites. Under occupation and in the combat zone were 16 nature reserve sites with a total area of 44 thousand hectares. These include the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Sviatoslav's White Coast National Nature Park, Kinburn Spit Regional Landscape Park, Vysunsko-Ingulets Regional Landscape Park, and four natural monuments.