Ukrainian military replace Zmiinyi Island border sign destroyed by Russians
Ukrainian border guards, with the support of Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, have installed a border sign on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island.
Source: Serhii Deineko, Head of the State Border Service, on Facebook
Quote: "Today, 12 August 2023, servicemen of the Izmail border detachment, with the full support of servicemen from Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, have restored historical justice: a border sign has been installed on Zmiinyi Island.
The previous one, which stood here before the full-scale invasion, was brazenly destroyed by Russian invaders.
The next border sign will be installed in our Ukrainian Crimea after its liberation by the defence forces of Ukraine."
Details: Deineko recorded a video address on Zmiinyi Island jointly with Dmytro Usov, Deputy Head of Defence Intelligence.
"Together with Dmytro Usov and our lads, we paid tribute to all those who liberated Zmiinyi Island and those liberating every piece of our land," Deineko said.
Background:
- On 30 June 2022, Russian forces fled from Zmiinyi (Snake) Island after Ukrainian forces launched multiple attacks on it, some of them with the Ukrainian-made Bohdana howitzers.
- Russian authorities have claimed that Russian military forces had "completed their mission on the Zmiinyi (Snake) Island" and have withdrawn the garrison stationed there "as a gesture of good will".
- The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has said that all of Odesa Oblast had been liberated from Russian occupation forces.
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