Ukraine’s military said on Thursday (July 7) that it had regained control of Snake Island in the Black Sea after surrendering its flag there a few days earlier following the withdrawal of Russian forces from the small symbolic territory. “We have (y) effectively regained our control“Interfax-Ukraine” press agency quotes Oleksiy Gromov, a senior official of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, detailing that it is “physical controlthe soldiers.
According to him, the Ukrainian soldiers who participated in the operation, however, returned to their barracks. He did not specify whether the soldiers remained on the island. “Last week we established arms control of the island and prevented the enemy from seizing the remaining units, weapons and military equipment.“, he continued.
Iconic from day one
The Russian Ministry of Defense, meanwhile, announced that it carried out a strike on Snake Island on Thursday morning.high precision missiles”, killing some of the Ukrainian soldiers who went there to plant a flag and cause the survivors to flee. Kiev, however, announced on Monday that the Ukrainian flag was flying again over this small piece of land in the northwestern Black Sea.
This island became symbolic from the first day of the Russian invasion, when a member of the small Ukrainian garrison defending it ordered a Russian ship to leave, demanding its surrender.to break“. Having come under Russian control, it was captured by the Ukrainians last week after intense bombing. “Moscow insisted that it was leaving this area.”as a sign of goodwill“, after having”has arrived“they”set goals“.
Source: Le Figaro
