The Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov was present at the key stage of the liberation of the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant. Tymur, the commander of the Stuhna unit of the DIU's special forces, with the call sign Linux, told this during a national telethon.
"It is no secret that Kyrylo Oleksiyovych Budanov is often directly involved in operations. In this particular operation, he was with us at a key moment, at a key stage. He was present for several days, directly leading the mission. Of course, this supports the fighters, gives them motivation," the scout said.
He added that one of the important factors during the mission was clear coordination between the groups of special forces involved in the assault - Stuhna, Paragon, Junger, RDC, BDK, Terror.
"Each of these groups had its own specifics of work, and in general, we managed to maintain this coordination. This is always important in any unit," Linux said.
According to him, an important stage of the mission was the accumulation of our forces and equipment in the area of the combat mission, which was not visible to Russians.
"This is a classic operation for special forces. This is a complex multi-stage operation that involved large forces: unmanned aerial vehicles, artillery, and personnel with experience in clearing such buildings. So, it was a task for us, and we completed it in full," the scout noted.
- At the end of September, as a result of a special operation, units of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine completely liberated the territory of the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant and destroyed Russian military in all the buildings of the enterprise.
- The territory of the aggregate plant was transferred to the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after all 30 buildings of the facility were cleared.
- The next day after the plant was liberated, about two dozen occupants were captured.
- During the DIU’s operation to clear the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant, Russian commanders forced their soldiers to resist hopelessly, condemning them to death.
- In June, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Command, Oleh Synyehubov, reported that Russian troops in Vovchansk remained blocked at an industrial plant.
- Later, the US-based Institute for the Study of War reported that Russian troops had probably seized the entire Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.