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Ukrainian Special Forces destroy 15 Russian boats in Kherson region

Ukrainian Special Forces destroy 15 Russian boats in Kherson region Photo: Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 15 Russian boats in Kherson region (Getty Images)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 15 boats of Russian troops in the Kherson direction.

"The operators of the 73rd Maritime Center of the Special Forces continue to destroy the enemy in the Kherson direction," the statement says.

Thus, during surveillance, the Ukrainian military discovered 15 Russian boats of various types.

"Drones with a dumping system were used to target the enemy vessels. None of them will transport Russian military anymore," the Ukrainian Armed Forces add.

Situation at front

Over the last day, July 10, 128 combat engagements took place in the frontline. Russia is attacking most intensively in the Pokrovsk sector. The Russians stormed the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 40 times, losing 274 troops.

According to the Institute of War Studies, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have recently regained positions near Hlyboke in the Kharkiv region and the village itself. Ukrainian counterattacks continued to the north and northeast of Kharkiv on July 9.