While it is almost a half-year after the fact, The Times of London belatedly covered the desperate and doomed Ukrainian assault in October on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, a story the Western media have preferred to ignore up until now. The Times interviewed representatives of the Ukrainian Special Forces, Defense Intelligence and the Navy, who, “on condition of anonymity,” described the disaster.
“[O]n the night of 19 October, about 600 Ukrainian troops in 30 boats packed with weapons, including heavy machine guns, MK-19 grenade launchers and anti-tank weapons, attempted to land on the left bank of the Dnipro” River, in the Russian-controlled area which includes ZNPP. “The idea was that this would be an infantry-only battle. They wouldn’t be able to use artillery against us, as this is a nuclear plant,” according to one source. However, the Russians were ready and most of the attackers never made it across the Dnipro. “When we were approaching, they even pulled up tanks and artillery and started firing at us right on the water.” Ukraine’s elite units, “including Ukraine’s military intelligence, GUR, and including the Shaman battalion, the Kraken Regiment, and the Ukrainian Foreign Legion” were beaten down.
