Posted on 06/30/2022 2:54:27 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian forces have withdrawn from Ukraine's Snake Island, a strategic outpost in the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry and Ukraine's president's office said on Thursday.
"KABOOM! No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore. Our Armed Forces did a great job," Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, wrote on Twitter.
Russia's defence ministry confirmed Russian troops had withdrawn from Snake Island, calling it a "goodwill gesture"
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I am guessing hat this means that anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles made resupplying the island a costly venture.
Next up for Russian retreat: Kherson.
Ukrainian long-range artillery is in the south, finally.
Russians also getting absolutely destroyed in Kherson oblast by Ukrainian long-range artillery for the past 2 days.
More:
Ukraine shot down Russian helicopter evacuating troops from Snake Island, crashed into the Black Sea.
Good morning MarxistMaximus. How is this fine morning treating the neocon noob?
But only as a "gesture of good will!"
Hah!
According to that logic, Hitler retreating to his Führerbunker beneath the Reichskanzelei in 1945 was a "gesture of good will."
Regards,
Next up on Russia’s “goodwill gesture” list: Kherson.
But while Putin's invasion has given NATO leaders a new adversary and newfound purpose, it was far from clear that the alliance could help Ukraine turn the tide in a war in which its forces remain badly outnumbered and outgunned. The Russian leader has been far from cowed as his forces use their superior artillery to bombard Ukrainian cities into submission.
In a sign of confidence in the war's progress and his firm grip on power at home, Putin traveled outside Russia this week for the first time since the war began, visiting Tajikistan on Tuesday and Turkmenistan on Wednesday.
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They got sick of looking for the Holy Grail. History channel pulled the funding?
How many is the near collapse or the German economy treating my fine little Germany based Freeper?
Putin’s Craphole-istan tour is pretty sad. Admit it.
Imagine being so stupid that you believe posting good news for Ukraine makes one a Marxist.
Yup, poor leadership. Vlad keeps firing Generals & yet Putin is useless as a leader.
Ukraine drives Russian forces from Snake Island, a setback for Moscow.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/30/world/europe/ukraine-russia-snake-island.html
TB2 UCAV footage from the Ukrainian military showing strikes on Snake Island. Interestingly, Ukraine claims that Ukrainian 2S22 Bohdana 155 howitzers were used to target the island.
video
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1542448048550420480
Russia is taking less than 1 km per day in the east at catastrophic losses. That’s not winning. That’s losing.
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