Ukraine’s Recon Strike Group “Hora” used munition drops to target Russian amphibious assault forces, landing effective strikes on dismounted infantry before targeting boats ferrying survivors. [Archival – See Comments] Published January 31, 2025



by Voldesad

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  1. Original post text from Hora Group, translated into English by DeepL autotranslate:

    >The 126th Coastal Defense Brigade of the Russian Navy died exactly two years ago.

    >Enemy information channels reminded us of the second anniversary of their “tragedy”, and it so happened that we had not previously publicized our involvement in it. Because happiness loves silence, and we don’t like to brag, and in general, it’s not us 😁. Enough time has passed, all the information described below has already been published by the enemy and even mentioned by our own (for example, by Mr. Butusov), and we will only add details to the story and add a video.

    >January 30, 2023. The enemy boats sailed through the canals and landed on the dachas of Kruhlyk Island near Kherson in the amount of about 20 devils. They began to storm our outer post. They started cheerfully, with machine guns and schmels, with the support of artillery and MLRS.

    >Our post held the line, but we quickly equalized the odds with maverick drops and mortar correction. The enemy’s first 300s were used up, and the stormtroopers changed their minds about storming and gathered in a pile to plug new holes in their carcasses. We started to call for evacuation and support, but we controlled the water and a couple of times new groups were hit by the water, and we also worked on the evacuation with water and artillery. The Russians refused the idea of evacuating the site of the assault by boat. Those who could walk, which was about 7 devils, ran into the swamps towards their own, while the rest had already died or were caught by our mopping-up group. As a result, only one resisted, and he did not last long.

    >A few who fled to the swamps were found and killed by shelling, while the rest of the fugitives managed to wade through the swamps and were found by an evacuation boat about 1.5 km away and taken away by the leaky wreckage.
    Either the same night or a day later, we found the last survivor of this group of non-stormtroopers, who had been hiding in the swamps for a long time, but was constantly calling his comrades on the radio and requesting evacuation. Of course, that’s why we were looking for him. And we were the first to find him.

    >The last attack aircraft [read: Russian] we could reach went silent, and a couple of days later we started to hear howling on enemy information channels about how thoughtlessly and without preparation the brigade of the 126th Russian Navy was sending its own men to their deaths. We were just happy to have helped our own, and for a while discouraged the Russians from sending new groups to that flank.

    >So we send our greetings to the 126th lowered brigade of the Russian army, it was not the first and not the last group of yours we have communicated with so closely during our work in Kherson region.

    >PS. Of course, other crews and calculations also took part in this operation, and we never diminish their contribution to the overall result, but simply share the episode from our point of view. And the clearing team is a real beauty)

    Original post text:

    >Як здихала 126-а бригада берегової оборони вмф рф рівно два роки тому.

    >Ворожі інформаційні канали нагадали нам про другу річницю їх “трагедії”, і так вже сталось що раніше свою причетність до того ми не афішували. Ну бо щастя любить тишу, а хвалитись ми ну любимо, та й взагалі – то не ми 😁. Пройшло достатньо часу, вся описана нижче інформація вже публікувалась ворогом і навіть згадувалась нашими (наприклад паном Бутусовим), ну а ми лиш доповнимо історію деталями та додамо відео.

    >30 січня 2023 року. Ворожі човни пропливли по каналам і висадились на дачах острова Круглик під Херсоном в кількості близько 20 чортів. Почали штурмувати наш крайній пост. Почали вони бодро, з кулеметами і шмєлями, з підтримкою арти і РСЗО.

    >Наш пост тримав оборону, ну а ми швидко урівняли шанси скидами з мавіка і коректурою мінометів. У ворога пішли перші 300-ті, штурмовики передумали штурмувать і зібрались в купу затикать нові дірки на своїх тушках. Почали викликати евакуацію і підмогу, але воду ми контролили і пару раз нові групи попали під скиди, по еваку також відпрацьовували скидами і артою. Від ідеї евакуації з місця штурму човнами росіяни відмовились. Ті хто міг ходить, а це близько 7 чортів – побігли в болота в бік своїх, решта ж вже здохла, або попала під нашу групу зачистки. В підсумку опір чинив тільки один, і той не довго.

    >Декількох що втекли в болота – знайшли і добивали скидами, решта ж втікачів змогли пробратись болотами і десь за 1,5 км їх знайшов евакуаційний човен і забрав дирявих недобитків.
    Чи то в ту ж ніч, чи через добу ми знайшли останнього живого з даної групи недоштурмовиків, він довго ховався в болотах, але по радіостанції постійно викликав своїх і запрошував евакуацію. Звісно ж через це шукали його і ми. І ми знайшли його перші.

    >Останній штурмовик до якого ми змогли дотягнутися – замовк, а ще за пару днів почалось виття по ворожим інформканалам про те як бездумно і без підготовки комбриг 126-ої вмф рф посилає своїх на смерть. Ми ж просто тішились що допомогли своїм, і на якийсь час відбили бажання росіянам посилати нові групи тим флангом.

    >Тож передаємо вітання 126-ій опущєній бригаді рф, це була не перша і далеко не остання ваша група, з якою ми спілкувались так тісно за час нашої роботи на Херсонщині.

    >PS. Звісно ж в даній операції брали участь і інші екіпажі та розрахунки, і ні разу не применшуємо їх вклад в спільний результат, а просто ділимось епізодом з нашої точки зору. Ну а група зачистки – взагалі красавчики)

    As seen here, there are follow-up photos/screenshots from Russian social media, which add details to the events seen in the video. There is also a video reposted by Hora Group, which I believe is of a Russian soldier prior to the failed assault. If anyone would like to try translating it, it is available on Hora Group’s Telegram page.

  2. Several brutal hits in this one 👍

    Great work by the drone pilots

  3. Laughable the losses the Russians are willing to take

  4. Excellent production and translations!

    One wonders how many of their sons, brothers, husbands and fathers will have to die in Ukraine before the Russian people understand that their real enemy is in the Kremlin.

  7. They work awfully hard to kill the maimed. Also, what is a schmel?

  8. Funny side note. The word “hora” is basically the Swedish word for blyat/blyad.

  9. Can someone explain to me why there are so many of these drove videos where the Russian are seemingly wandering around in open fields? Why are so many of them wandering around alone or in very very small numbers? What the fuck are they doing? Live bait? Are they honestly that incompetent?

  10. According to the reports at the end, looks like it was a good day… for the Ukrainians!

  11. The leading the drop on the speedboats looks like fun if not for the context of it all.

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