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Ukraine regains control of strategic Black Sea oil rigs, intelligence service says

The ‘Boyko Towers’, oil and gas drilling platforms in the Black Sea that were seized by Russia in 2015.
Ukraine says it has recaptured the ‘Boyko Towers’, oil and gas drilling platforms in the Black Sea that were seized by Russia in 2015. Photograph: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ukrainian forces have regained control of several gas and oil offshore drilling platforms close to Crimea from Russia, Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) has said.

In a statement on the Telegram messaging app on Monday, the GUR said that Kyiv’s forces had retaken the drilling platforms known as the “Boyko Towers” in a “unique operation”.

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