Winning back vital Black Sea landmass could weaken any future Russia coastal land attack
Russia’s ministry of defence stated that it had completed its assigned tasks and was tactically withdrawing to allow for grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.“In order to organise humanitarian grain corridors as part of the implementation of joint agreements reached with the participation of the UN, the Russian Federation decided to leave its positions on Zmiinyi Island,” the defence ministry said.
Snake Island was made famous when Russia first captured it in February. A Ukrainian soldier posted on the island told an attacking Russian warship to, which has become one of the most popular Ukrainian slogans of resistance since the invasion. He said that after Ukraine destroyed Russia’s Mosvka warship, the Russians wanted to turn Snake Island into a anti-aircraft defence hub. He said they planned to then use the island to control the entire western part of the Black Sea and launch a land invasion, he said.
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