Representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Gumenyuk: the flag was delivered to the Snake Island by a helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) did not plant the Ukrainian flag on the Zmiiny Island, said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the press center of the security and defense forces of the operational command “South” of the Ministry of Defense of the country. transmits CNN.
She denied this information and clarified that the flag was delivered to the island by helicopter. Ukrainian troops did not occupy the territory.
The flag was brought to the island by helicopter. Will wait until the arrival of the troops, and then it will flutter
Take it “metaphorically”
Gumenyuk urged to perceive her words about the appearance of the symbol on the Snake “metaphorically.” Prior to that, on Monday, July 4, she stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) had planted the flag of the republic on an island in the Black Sea. At the same time, a representative of the ministry announced that “the military operation has been completed, and now the territory has been returned to the jurisdiction of Ukraine.”
Nobody landed on the island. Who will install it, raise it?
Troop withdrawal
On June 30, Russian troops left the territory of Zmeinoye to demonstrate to the West their readiness to cooperate on humanitarian issues.
Snake Island is located in the Black Sea about 35 kilometers from the coast of the Odessa region and a little over 100 from Odessa
The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, specified that these measures were taken as a gesture of goodwill in order to demonstrate unwillingness to interfere with the export of grain from Ukraine. The general noted that the tasks assigned to the garrison were completed.
It has been demonstrated to the world community that the Russian Federation does not interfere with the efforts of the UN to organize a humanitarian corridor for the export of agricultural products from the territory of Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry explained that this would not allow Kyiv to speculate on the topic of the impending food crisis, referring to the impossibility of exporting grain due to total control over the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
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We are reproached for allegedly preventing the creation of a humanitarian corridor for the export of grain, that this could threaten world hunger. This is not so, there are other ways to take it out. We did not mine the ports and sank the ships
Under Russian control
Russia occupied the island on February 24, the first day of a special military operation. Initially, the Ukrainian side reported the death of all the defenders of the island, they were presented for awards posthumously. Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the surrender of 82 military personnel from the island. In Kyiv, these data were confirmed.
Throughout the special military operation, Ukrainian troops repeatedly made attempts to recapture Serpentine. The next of them took place on the eve of Victory Day and June 21.
On the eve of Victory Day, the Ukrainian authorities made an adventurous attempt to seize the Serpent’s Island. This dubious action turned out to be a complete failure.
According to Yuri Shvytkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, the facility is of strategic importance.
Not a single ship, here we are talking about Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and so on, will pass by Snake Island
The politician explained that this is a good place to deploy air defense and electronic warfare equipment. No ship can pass the island, he added.
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