Maiak ( uk, Маяк; russian: link=no, Маяк) is a village in
Chornomorske Raion
Chornomorske Raion ( uk, Чорноморський район, russian: Черноморский район, crh, Aqmeçit rayonı) is one of the 25 regions of Crimea, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and ...
(
district) in the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula, , on the
Tarkhankut Peninsula, on the western coast of
Crimea.
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[{{Cite web , url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp , title=Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення {{! Банк даних , trans-title=All-Ukrainian population census {{! Database , website=ukrcensus.gov.ua , access-date=25 August 2023 , language=uk ]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-launched-special-operation-russian-occupied-crimea-2023-08-24/ , title=Ukraine says it launched 'special operation' in Russian-occupied Crimea , trans-title= , publisher= Reuters , date=2023-08-24 , access-date=2023-08-25 , website=reuters.com , language=en , author= , quote=Brief and dark video footage posted alongside the statement showed a small motorboat moving through water at night near a coastline. ]HUR
Hur or HUR may refer to:
People
* Hur (Korean name), also spelled Heo
* Hur (Bible), a number of biblical figures
* Hur-ul-Nisa Begum, first of the fourteen children of Mumtaz Mahal
Places
* Hur, Iran (disambiguation), a number of places
* Hur ...
said the landing point was on the western tip of Crimea, near the settlements of Olenivka Olenivka ( uk, Оленівка) is the name of several localities in Ukraine:
;Urban-type settlements
*Olenivka, Kalmiuske Raion, urban-type settlement in Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast
* Olenivka, Horlivka Raion, urban-type settlement in Horlivk ...
and Mayak.
[{{cite web, url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66603644 , title=Ukraine claims Crimea landing for 'special operation' on Independence Day , trans-title= , publisher=BBC News , date=2023-08-24 , access-date=2023-08-24 , website=bbc.com , language=en , author=Joel Guinto , quote=Ukraine has claimed its troops briefly landed overnight in the occupied Crimea peninsula, as the country marks 32 years of its independence. // All objectives of the "special operation" were achieved without any casualties, the ]defence ministry
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said. // It added that during a firefight in Olenivka and Mayak, western Crimea, "the enemy suffered losses".
[{{cite web, url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-24-2023 , title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 24, 2023 , publisher= ISW , date=2023-08-24, access-date=2023-08-25 , website=understandingwar.org , author=Riley Bailey , author2=Grace Mappes , author3=Angelica Evans , author4=Christina Harward , author5=Kateryna Stepanenko , author6=Frederick W. Kagan , quote=Ukrainian forces conducted a limited raid on the western shore of occupied Crimea on August 24. Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) posted footage and announced that Ukrainian forces landed on the shores near Olenivka and Mayak (both 116km northwest of Sevastopol). The GUR reported that Ukrainian forces skirmished with Russian forces and raised a Ukrainian flag prior to leaving the shore.]
Villages in Crimea