The Artan unit, an elite unit formed in the first days of the full-scale invasion, has been involved in various daring operations – including securing Snake Island and Boyko Towers in the Black Sea.
The Black Sea’s Snake Island and the strategically vital gas and oil platforms known as “Boyko Towers” are under Ukrainian fire control but remain in a no-man’s zone, due to the active Russian military aviation presence in the sector, Ukrainian Navy spokesman and 3rd Rank Captain Dmytro Pletenchuk said in an interview on Oct. 24.
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