During a special operation on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea, which was carried out by Ukrainian intelligence officers on October 4, one GUR serviceman was captured by Russia.
This was first stated by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, and subsequently by the representative of the GUR, Andrey Yusov told the details on the air of the national telethon United News.
Thus, in an interview with Ukrainskaya Pravda, Budanov said that during the operation in Crimea there were two military skirmishes between Ukrainian special forces and Russians.
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— They (the Russians, — Ed.) showed only that they were able to capture our wounded scout and showed one corpse, — he said.
When asked if we were talking about Alexander Lyubas, the video of whom was released by the Russians, Budanov replied “Our military man, of course.”
< p>In turn, Andrei Yusov also admitted that the Ukrainian side had losses during the operation, including a prisoner.
— Unfortunately (but this is a reality), the de-occupation of Ukrainian territories is associated with the sacrifices and sacrifices of our defenders and protectors, — said a representative of the GUR.
Yusov added that the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War is working to return home every Ukrainian defender.
GUR special operation in Crimea
< p>Recall that on October 4, the Main Intelligence Directorate showed a video of GUR special forces landing on the territory of Crimea. Subsequently, it became known that during the operation between the Ukrainian troops and the occupiers in Crimea, a battle took place, as a result of which the occupiers suffered significant losses.
Both Budanov and Yusov previously said that the Russian side had significantly greater losses, than the losses of Ukraine.
In turn, the FSB of the Russian Federation released a video where a Ukrainian military man, who introduces himself in the video as Alexander Lyubas, was allegedly captured.
