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  • Russian forces withdraw from Black Sea's strategic Snake Island

    06/30/2022 2:54:27 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 85 replies
    Reuters ^ | 6/30/2022 | Reuters
    Russian forces have withdrawn from Ukraine's Snake Island, a strategic outpost in the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry and Ukraine's president's office said on Thursday. "KABOOM! No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore. Our Armed Forces did a great job," Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, wrote on Twitter. Russia's defence ministry confirmed Russian troops had withdrawn from Snake Island, calling it a "goodwill gesture"
  • Infamous Snake Island—Symbol Of Ukrainian Resistance—Recaptured From Russia

    06/30/2022 8:48:09 AM PDT · by BeauBo · 40 replies
    Forbes ^ | 30 June 2022 | Brian Bushard
    The Ukrainian Navy announced Thursday it recaptured Snake Island, a critical Black Sea outpost taken by Russia early in the war, which has since galvanized Ukrainian resistance as a symbol of fortified defiance. Russia confirmed its withdrawal Thursday morning, but called the move a “goodwill gesture”... Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military’s southern command, told the New York Times on Tuesday that it destroyed three anti-aircraft missile systems that Russian had stationed on the island, as well as Russia’s radar station.