During the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine has conducted multiple raids on the Tendra Spit, a narrow sandbar island off the coast of Kherson Oblast in the Black Sea, which has been occupied by Russian forces. The spit is located northwest of the Crimean Peninsula.
February 2024
A raid occurred over the night of 28 February and the morning of 29 February 2024. Five assault boats from the 73rd Naval Center of Maritime Special Operations approached the beach and attempted to land. As they approached, the boats came under fire from Russian forces. One boat was reported to have escaped. Russia claimed to have captured one Ukrainian and killed 20–25 others. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry acknowledged the deaths of four Ukrainians in the action. Russian sources posted photographs to social media showing the bodies of six Ukrainians claimed to have been killed in the action.
August 2024
Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) announced that it had conducted another raid on the Tendra Spit on 7 August 2024, reportedly destroying a Russian electronic warfare system and armored vehicles, as well as inflicting casualties on Russian troops.
September 2025
On 3 September 2025, the Ukrainian Navy claimed to have destroyed a Russian naval speedboat that was attempting to unload airborne soldiers at the spit, killing seven occupants and injuring four others.
