Ukraine Live: Zelensky curses Putin with a Black Sea victory as "very vulnerable" troops flee

A symbolic and powerful blow to Russia in the Black Sea has brought the Ukrainian flag back to Zmiinyi Island, also known as Zmiinyi Island. .. .. Composed of only 46 acres of land and only 22 miles from the Ukrainian coast, a small island was `` f **'' by a few Ukrainian soldiers when asked to surrender early in the war. * Off ", so the importance has skyrocketed. .. Moscow claims to have withdrawn the garrison as a "good faith gesture" to prove that it did not prevent grain exports, as Russian troops continue to bombard grain depots. Ukraine rejected the proposal. The Pentagon reiterated this skepticism, stating that the vulnerability of the Garrison Army to Ukraine's strike was the reason for Russia's withdrawal from Zmiinyi Island. The Pentagon said on July 1 that Russia had no credibility to claim its withdrawal from Snake Island as a "good faith gesture." According to senior U.S. defense officials, Russian troops "made Ukrainians very difficult for Russians to maintain operations there (and) made them very vulnerable to Ukrainian strikes." I left the island.

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