UKRAINE NAVY 73rd Naval Special Operations Center Spec ops DIVER

Ukraine’s Counteroffensive, Units to Watch #5 – 73rd Naval Center of Special Operations In the fifth of a nine-part series, Kyiv Post is highlighting some of the AFU units that will play an integral part in the long-awaited counteroffensive. by Stefan Korshak | May 16, 2023, 2:28 pm  A training unit with the mission of producing combat divers and soldiers, with a mission similar to that of the US Navy SEALS, Ukraine’s 73rd Naval Center of Special Operations has morphed over the course of the war to a small boat, amphibious raiding unit often operating behind Russian lines in the Dnipro River delta.  Probably numbering no more than a few dozen men, the 73rd won’t be at the forefront of any offensive in the southern sector because, by many accounts, they are already there. Riding in Zodiac-style motor boats, the 73rd has been credited, through Ukrainian military published videos, of crossing the Dnipro into Russia-held territory on the left bank to reconnoiter and raid, as well as doi