Snake Island

Snake Island

Ukrainian service members install a national flag on Snake (Zmiinyi) Island, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Odesa region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 7, 2022. Photo: Reuters

Russia says missile strike hit and killed Ukrainian troops on Snake Island

Surveillance shows an aircraft flying past and dropping explosives, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in a location given as Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, Ukraine, in this screen grab taken from a video released July 1, 2022. Chief of Ukraine's General Staff Valeriy Zaluzhny via Telegram/ Handout via REUTERS.

Ukraine now says no troops yet on recovered Snake Island to raise its flag

A satellite image shows smoke rising from Snake Island, off the coast of Ukraine, June 29, 2022. Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS

Missiles kill 17 near Odesa after Ukraine retakes Snake Island

Russian Navy vessels are anchored in a bay of the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea May 8, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Russian forces withdraw from Black Sea's strategic Snake Island