Ukraine Says It Forced Russian Troops to Withdraw From Snake Island

Ukrainian military officials claim to have forced Russian troops to withdraw from a strategic Black Sea Island on Thursday after relentless Ukrainian attacks.

Senior official from Ukrainian General Staff, Oleksii Hromov said Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian hardware on the island forcing them to withdraw.

He added that the Ukrainian military plans to restore physical control of the island, but at the moment they control the site with artillery and aviation.

Russia portrayed the pullout from Snake Island off the port city of Odesa as a "goodwill gesture." Ukraine's military said the Russians fled the island in two speedboats following a barrage of Ukrainian artillery and missile strikes.

Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said the withdrawal was intended to demonstrate that Russia isn't hampering U.N. efforts to establish a humanitarian corridor for exporting agricultural products from Ukraine.

Hromov said that Ukrainian armed forces will do everything possible to secure safe navigation through Ukrainian territorial waters.

Snake Island sits along a busy shipping lane. Russia took control of it in the opening days of the war in the apparent hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa.

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[stryker]

That's what they used my taxpayer money on?

[spirit_wolf]

Is there one Ukrainian on this planet that knows how to tell the truth rather than just lie lie lie and lie some more

[toadlika]

Just like I was forced to leave work today after I punched out.

[DWilliam]

Living in the US, I really don’t get the true story, but I bet Russia is hammering them.

[Ispeakthetruthify]

One minute Ukraine is having "all of these GREAT victories"....the next minute, they're on every TV station screaming for help. Which one is it? Probably the

[jerff]

You lost a few major cities but gained back a useless island. Congrats!!

[TheCarsonJohnnyShow]

bruh, Russia is literally bombing KIEV😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[christopherh]

Sure they did! Must have used their Super Ukraine Combat Rowboats.

[magnuscamper]

This is what mainstream media want you to believe.

[michaelshepherd]

What exactly did the U.S. taxpayers buy Ukraine with our 40 billion dollars?

[TheCarsonJohnnyShow]

wait, Ben Stiller didn't win the war???

[litestuffllc]

this might be important if snake island was of any significance - just killing a bunch of people and causing some miserable island to be evacuated means nothing on the surface of it. So why was this island vital to Russia? Seems to me a distraction from the Ukrainian's losing key cities.

[JoeyJoJoJr]

Didn't Ukraine just loose a "major city", as they were wasting our weapons and money attacking a barren island?

[zeuz]

No they didn’t. Russia already had plans to leave there is no need for snake island

[merllhagard]

Who gives a damn?? I'm an American and not concerned about other countries.

[dougclapp]

Y'know, all we seem to have been hearing from the main stream media is how Ukraine is trouncing Russia. If they're doing so well, why does the war continue? Not that my thoughts have any bearing whatsoever, but I'm not in support of this conflict. I'd just like to find a media resource that is genuinely unbiased and simply reports what is happening regardless of whether or not the truth meets with their approval.

[RandomGenX]

lol Putin announced yesterday he was pulling out..They have lost many regions. Nice propaganda... 😆

[fshg]

Ukrainian blood is precious to Americans and we pray for your success in war with Putin MaGog and Gog!

[Эндрю-пъ]

Who else likes sending our us tax dollars to them when there loseing

[josetoledo]

Create a diversion so the enemy can diverge forces to non strategic points while the Russians take key city points, not to mention that the entire EU is in risk of going cold on winter if Russia decides to shut off the gas valve, that might send the EU into a recession. The sanctions on Russia didn't do squat and just look at them, at this point their economy is not important to them anymore.