Ukraine has 'completely defeated' a Russian naval infantry brigade of the Black Sea Fleet — for a...

Ukraine has likely destroyed a Russian naval infantry brigade of the Black Sea Fleet for the second time, a think tank said.

Ukraine's spy chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said that the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade had withdrawn after being defeated amid Ukraine's counteroffensive.

"That brigade was completely defeated, completely smashed, and now they have withdrawn, being replaced by airborne troops," Budanov said in an interview with The War Zone.

The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington DC-based think tank, said that Budanov's description corresponds to the US military's definition of a mission to "destroy," which means to render an enemy force "combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted."