The Ministry of Defense revealed the details of the attempted landing of Ukrainian troops near the ZNPP

The Ukrainian military tried to seize the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), but Russian aircraft attacked the landing force, destroying 20 boats and boats, reported in the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

An attempt to land on the coast of the Kakhovka reservoir near Energodar and Dneprorudny on September 2 at about 11 p.m. was made by 42 boats and motor boats. As part of the landing, according to the Ministry of Defense, there were 250 people from among the special operations forces and foreign mercenaries.

“The landing force was hit by four Su-30s and two Ka-52 helicopters by the Russian Aerospace Forces, as a result of which 20 boats and boats were destroyed. The rest of the boats and boats turned around and left in the direction of the Ukrainian coast, ”the defense ministry said.

In addition, Russian artillery hit the Ukrainian part of the coast, where the remnants of the landing force came ashore. According to the ministry, Ukraine’s losses amounted to 47 people, including 10 mercenaries.

Earlier this week, before the arrival of the IAEA mission on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted to land troops. Head of CAA Energodar Alexander Volga informedthat the city came under artillery fire, which killed at least three people. According to the head of the pro-Russian military-civilian administration (VGA) of the region Vladimir Rogov, three Ukrainian saboteurs were taken prisoner.

The Russian military pointed to Kyiv’s attempts to disrupt the trip of IAEA specialists. During August, the station and Energodar were repeatedly shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the pro-Russian authorities and the Russian Defense Ministry reported.