On the “Telegram” website, Zelenskiy informed that on Snake Island he honored those heroes who gave their lives in the battle for the island.
“500 days of all-out war. Snake Island. Free Island of Free Ukraine. I thank everyone who stood here against the occupiers,” wrote the president of Ukraine.
“We honored the memory of those heroes who gave their lives in this battle, which is one of the most significant during the all-out war,” added Zelensky.
The video shows that Zelenskiy arrives on the island of Snakes in a motorboat together with the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and Ukrainian soldiers. Zelenskis and Yermak together with the soldiers laid flowers at the fallen soldiers’ memorial.
“In this place of victory, for these 500 days, I want to thank each of our soldiers. Our Armed Forces, our intelligence, the National Guard, our border guards, the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, our liaisons, our people,” Zelensky listed.
500 days of full-scale war.
Serpentine. Free island of free Ukraine.
I am grateful to everyone who fought here against the occupiers. The memory of the heroes who gave their lives in this battle – one of the most important during the full-scale war – was honored.
Glory to each and every one who fights for… pic.twitter.com/En6Gt0b395— Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) July 8, 2023
“I thank everyone who fights for Ukraine. And let the freedom that all our heroes wanted for Ukraine and that we must now fight for, be dedicated to those who gave their lives for Ukraine. We will definitely win. Glory to Ukraine,”
he said.
On the first day of the war, on February 24 last year, Russian troops reportedly seized Ukraine’s Snake Island, located in the Black Sea near the Danube Delta, and an audio recording of a Russian warship calling on Ukrainian garrison soldiers to surrender, which they refuse, has gone viral on social media. to do, announcing “Russian ships, go nah*j!”
Immediately after the battle, Ukraine announced that all Ukrainian soldiers had fallen on the island, but later it turned out that some of them had been captured by the Russians.
Later, in a prisoner exchange, the defenders of Snake Island were released.
The Russian warship involved in Snake Island was the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the missile cruiser “Moskva”, which was sunk by the Ukrainian army on April 14.
Last year, on June 30, Ukrainian forces liberated the island from the occupiers. Moscow insisted that the withdrawal from the island was a “gesture of goodwill”.
2023-07-08 07:04:23
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