Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has said that Ukraine has regained control of gas and oil drilling platforms near occupied Crimea, known as the Boyko Towers. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: The Boyko Towers are gas and oil drilling platforms off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea.
Russia has amassed over 420,000 troops in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) reports. Source: Interfax-Ukraine news agency with reference to a statement by Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Chief of the DIU, during the annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv Quote from the DIU official: "The Russian Federation has amassed over 420,000 troops in our temporarily occupied territories and on the Crimean Peninsula.