Satellites record new occupier air defence systems on Zmiinyi [Snake] Island

DENYS KARLOVSKYI – SATURDAY, 11 JUNE 2022, 18:37

Satellite images of Zmiinyi [Snake] Island from 10 June detected the deployment of new air defence systems by the Russian occupiers.

Source: Planet Labs photos

Details: Open-source intelligence (OSINT) teams believe that these are complexes such as Tor missile systems.

They were placed on the island on 9 June.

Background: 

• According to the Ukrainian military, Russia keeps about 40 Calibre cruise missiles in combat readiness in the Black Sea.
• U.S. military experts say Ukraine has pushed the Russian fleet 100 kilometres off the coast.
• In early June, the Ukrainian military command reported that the Russians had deployed anti-aircraft missile systems and multiple rocket launchers on Zmiinyi [Snake] Island, the range of which reaches the southern regions of Odesa Oblast.