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Over 200 Ukrainian commandos practice landing assault force in Zaporozhye, says official

As Vladimir Rogov said, the commandos are practicing advancing from the village of Vladimirskoye near the city of Zaporozhye and landing near the plant’s wharf

MELITOPOL, November 1. /TASS/. Over 200 Ukrainian special operations troops are exercising on the premises of the Zvezda plant in the Kiev-held city of Zaporozhye to land an assault force, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, told TASS on Tuesday.

"The Zvezda plant is the training site for special operations forces. There are over 200 of them there," he said.

The Ukrainian commandos are training at the Zvezda plant’s wharf, he specified.

"Large empty oil storage facilities are located there at some distance from residential buildings and the area is totally cordoned off. They are constantly exercising to land an assault force moving from the right bank [of the Dnieper River] to the left bank," Rogov specified.

The commandos are practicing advancing from the village of Vladimirskoye near the city of Zaporozhye and landing near the plant’s wharf, the regional official said.

"They earlier held training in Volnoandreyevka, which is a bit farther. Now they are training on the premises of the enterprise," he added.