Inside Ukraine's Secret Mission To Capture The MH17 'Suspect' Traded With Russia September 09, 2019 14:28 GMT
By Christopher Miller
Olha Omelyanchuk
Volodymyr Tsemakh in a Kyiv courtroom on September 5.KYIV -- Their mission was top secret: Slip into enemy territory undetected, capture their target, and return with him to Kyiv. They knew it would be dangerous but their superior said it was worth the risk, and the order came from the top. If successful, it could lead to a major breakthrough -- of what kind, specifically, they were not told.
They accepted.
In the early morning hours of June 27, the small group of Ukrainian military intelligence operatives snuck through a hole in Russia-backed separatists’ battle lines. Careful to avoid detection and land mines, they eventually made their way to the city of Snizhne, in the Donetsk region some 20 kilometers from the Russian border. There, they stormed into a home, located their target -- a bald, elderly man with a pencil mustache -- and forcefully extracted him.
They were almost clear, and within sight of Ukrainian government-controlled territory outside the city of Donetsk, when two of the operatives triggered mines that exploded beneath them. Badly wounded, the men were carried by others in the team the rest of the way.
Oleksandr Kolodyazhniy, a Ukrainian soldier, lost his life in the capture of Tsemakh.Error 404 (Not Found)!!1Read more at:
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