Kraken
Kraken is a separate reconnaissance and sabotage unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
The Kraken special unit took part in the defence of Kharkiv, in particular Pivnichna Saltivka, when the Russians broke into the regional centre. One of the first liberation operations was in Olkhivka, then in Ruska Lozova and Pytomnyk.
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