27, 2022 shows a Russian Armoured personnel carrier burning next to unidentified soldier's body during fight with the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkiv The exact details of what happened over the days that followed are foggy, as is the nature of special operations, but what is known is that Ukraine's own Special Operations Forces (SOF) units sprang into action as Kyiv came under attack. Other Spetsnaz troops parachuted into regions around the Ukrainian capital, and gun battles broke out on the streets of the city, moving closer to the presidential palace that had hurriedly been turned into a fortress in anticipation of the invasion. At least one of the units – said to be made up of personnel from Russia's near-mythical 'Zaslon' unit - was already deeply embedded within Kyiv before the invasion, disguised as civilians and Ukrainian soldiers.Ī further 400 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group were reported to have arrived in the city by late February 2022, while Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had also been ordered to send his own forces to eliminate Ukrainian leadership. On Febru– two days after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine – Russian Spetsnaz units hatched a plan to hunt down and assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior officials.
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