The Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of the second boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Snake

The Russian military destroyed the second boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​Snake Island in a day. About it informs Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“On August 30, 2023, to the east of Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea, the crew of a Su-24 naval aviation aircraft destroyed another boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a crew,” the report says.

Ministry of Defense reported about the destruction of the first enemy boat near the island at about 12 Moscow time. Also a boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Zmeinoye was amazed 22 August. It was clarified that there was a landing group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on board.

Serpentine is located in the Black Sea near Odessa on a rocky island with an area of ​​20.5 hectares. It came under the control of the Russian military during a special operation that began on February 24, 2022.

At the end of June 2022, the Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Armed Forces, as a step of goodwill completed fulfillment of assigned tasks on the island and withdrew the garrison from it. Later, State Duma deputy from the Crimean region Alexei Chernyak clarifiedthat Serpentine remains under the control of the fleet and the Russian Aerospace Forces.

After that, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried several times to occupy Snake Island. In particular, in July 2022 the Ukrainian military have taken an attempt to plant the country’s flag on Zmeiny Island, however, a Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft delivered a high-precision strike on them. As a result, part of the Ukrainian servicemen died.