Three Years of Slavery: Navy’s Angels Detachment Rescued Two Soldiers from Occupied Territories

Special Forces of the Ukrainian Navy have freed two soldiers, a veteran of the Armed Forces and a serviceman of the National Guard, who had been held captive and enslaved in temporarily occupied territory for more than three years.

This was reported by the Navy Angels Detachment.

The released soldiers are a 29-year-old veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a 34-year-old serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine, who had been missing for more than three years.

Due to the close proximity of the settlements where the Ukrainians were held, it was decided to evacuate both of them at the same time.

“It was a difficult and risky task, in particular because two parallel special operations were actually taking place – the guys were taken out separately from each other until a certain stage. Both the NGU serviceman and the Armed Forces veteran did not know the detailed plan – they trusted us and followed the instructions precisely,“ commented Artem Dyblenko, an officer of the Navy’s Angels Detachment.

The operation was conducted in cooperation with the Military Ombudsman Olha Reshetylova.

On September 5, it was reported that the Navy’s special forces, together with the National Guard, conducted an operation to rescue four Ukrainian soldiers who had been hidden in the occupied territory for three years.

Along with the marine and three guardsmen, the rescuers also evacuated a hospital medical worker who had helped in their hiding.

The Ukrainian Navy’s Angels Detachment has already rescued 88 people.