Budanov in April 2022 participated in the assault on the village of Russkaya Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, took part in a special operation to liberate the village of Ruska Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region at the end of April 2022. The commander of the special unit «Kraken» callsign Vito.

«Now you can say — Kirill Alekseevich Budanov came to this task. Went on the assault & # 187;, & # 8212; he said.

The first to enter Russkaya Lozovaya were soldiers from the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine «Kraken». The cleansing lasted for several days.

The enemy tried several times to regain the lost positions until they finally withdrew and secured themselves in the village of Pitomnik.