3 problems for #Russia due to #SnakeIsland withdrawal !

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Russia has relinquished its position on Snake Island.

Russia says it has withdrawn its garrison as a "gesture of goodwill" to prove it was not obstructing grain exports.

Ukraine dismissed that assertion and has claimed it as a win.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter, “They always downplay their defeats this way”

Valeriy Zaluzhny, the Ukraine military’s commander-in-chief, said on Telegram, “I thank the defenders of Odessa region who took maximum measures to liberate a strategically important part of our territory,”

As per reports, while the island has been attacked by Ukrainian aerial assets, the knockout blows have been landed by intense artillery and MLRS strikes that made Russia vacate it.
Latest update state that two sorties of Russian Su-30 fighter jets dropping phosphorus bombs were flown over the island from the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula. This indicates that withdrawal was not voluntary and Russia is making attempts to destroy leftover assets before they fall into the enemy's hands.

In this video Defense Updates analyzes why the loss of Snake Island is a major setback for Russia?

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