Ukrainian border guards release footage of battles for gas towers near Zmiinyi Island

The video was posted on the State Border Guard Service's Telegram channel.

Border guards, together with units of the Defence Intelligence Service, are taking back gas production platforms in the Black Sea from Russian forces.

"With titanic efforts, we have captured and taken control of some of these strategically important facilities that serve as our sea fortresses. Their maintenance makes it possible to control a significant part of the water area and strengthen the defense," the statement says.

The video shows how, after planning the operation, the fighters storm the captured towers from boats.

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• In September 2023, Ukrainian defenders took control of the Boyko oil and gas drilling platforms, which had been seized since 2015.
• On August 24, in the Black Sea off the coast of the temporarily occupied Crimea, the Boyko oil and gas drilling platforms caught fire.