Russian troops abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost onSnake Islandon Thursday.Ukrainehad a big victory and threatened to ease Russia's blockade of grain exports. Exacerbate global hunger.
Russia's Pentagon has been exposed as a "good faith gesture" to show that Moscow is not interfering with the UN's efforts to open a humanitarian corridor that will allow grain to be transported from Ukrainian ports. He said he had decided to withdraw from.
Ukraine said it had expelled Russian troops after a cannon and an overnight assault.
"KABOOM!" Tweeted Andrey Jermac, Chief of Staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "There are no more Russian troops on Snake Island. Our troops have done a great job."
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Ukrainian Southern Military Command , I posted an image of what looks like an island from the sky on Facebook. Above it are at least five giant black smoke pillars. Attacks with missiles and cannons.
"The enemy rushed to evacuate the wreckage of the garrison with two speedboats and probably left the island. Now Snake Island is being consumed by a fire and an explosion is exploding.
Reuters could not immediately see the photo or the description of the battlefield on either side.
Bare rocks Outcrops dominate sea lanes to Odesa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port. The blockade of Russia has hampered grain exports from one of the world's major suppliers, creating risks of global shortages, price inflation and famine.
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Russia occupies the island on the first day of the war, where Ukrainian guards surrender from the Russian cruiser Moscow. I was ordered. "Russian warship: let's do it ourselves," he said on the radio.
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The incident was immortalized on Ukrainian stamps. On the day the stamp was issued, Ukraine sank the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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Last month, the British Ministry of Defense said that if Russia could strengthen its grip on Snake Island with air and coastal defense cruise missiles, it could dominate the northwestern Black Sea.
Russia has been defending the island since February, despite Ukraine's serious damage, sinking supply vessels and claiming to destroy Russian fortresses.
This island is within the range of HIMARS launched from mainland Ukraine. Ukraine began developing a powerful new rocket system from the United States last week.
"Ukraine is at risk to the island as it receives the Harpoon anti-ship missile and HIMARS," said Rob, a senior researcher at the U.S.-based Institute for Foreign Policy. Lee wrote on Twitter.
"The most important aspect is that this could open the door to Ukraine's grain exports from Odesa, which is important for the Ukrainian economy and the world's food supply."
The Ukrainian army commander said that Ukrainian grenades firing on the island helped drive the Russians out of the island, but also thanked foreign support.
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