‘The 73rd SOF Naval Centre was not the only unit which was involved in liberating the island. Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Kindratenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF), told .uk that the liberators still faced a gamut of threats even after the Russians left on the eve of the mission. ‘Snake Island was important for us from a strategic point of view,’ he said.
Vladimir Putin’s troops subsequently captured the strategically valuable point, also known as Zmiinyi Island, on the first day of the full-scale invasion before being driven out by the defenders. Members of the Ukrainian operation that recaptured Snake Island from Russian forces are shown after completing the mission (Picture: Special Operations Forces of Ukraine/Facebook/NavalSOFCenter)
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