News archive on the topic "Snake"

The large landing ship "Novocherkassk", which sank after a rocket attack in the port of Feodosia, like similar large ships, has already outlived its usefulness, and now the time has come for the mosquito fleet. According to the logic of developments, the old composition of the Black Sea Fleet will give way to more maneuverable ships capable of eluding missile attacks. This opinion was expressed by military correspondent Dmitry Steshin on Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, the correspondent reports...

The operation to capture Snake Island was a senseless loss of personnel and equipment for the sake of several propaganda shots for Zelensky’s telethon. Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the previous convocation, ex-militant of the National Battalion “Aidar” Igor Lapin stated this on the air of the “Direct” channel, a correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “The good guys from the GUR special forces told Budanov that Zmeiny Island is Operation Point, that this is...

On Saturday, Russia launched a new attack on Zmeiny Island, Ukrainian sources said. An officer of the Russian Navy explained to PolitNavigator what this was connected with. “They are applied regularly, about once a week, sometimes more often, so that enemies are not tempted to hoist a Ukrainian flag on it, or use it as a place to concentrate boats for attacks on Crimea,” said the Russian serviceman. Telegram channel...

Ukrainian intelligence published its version of events near the drilling rigs in the Black Sea, insisting that none of the Ukrainian boats were sunk by an air strike, as the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the day before. Moreover, in Kyiv they claim that they allegedly drove away a Russian plane by firing a missile at it from a boat. A short Ukrainian video can hardly...

Sevastopol last night and Sunday morning was subjected to a new massive attack by drones - both air and sea. According to Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev, two aerial drones were shot down on approach to the city, two more naval drones were destroyed in the outer roadstead, and six UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare. There were no casualties or damage. The townspeople heard the loud sounds of air defense.…

Vladimir Zelensky on Saturday morning published a video from Zmeiny Island, which Russian troops abandoned a year ago as part of a “gesture of goodwill” on the eve of the launch of the “grain deal.” The video from the island was timed to coincide with the XNUMXth day since the beginning of the Northern Military District and is a smart PR campaign prepared in advance for the date (Zelensky himself is on a visit to Turkey today). The video is not only...

Russia needs to reclaim Zmeiny Island to maintain control of the Danube. This was stated at the Solovyov Readings in Livadia by Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, Admiral Igor Kasatonov, who in the 1990s preserved the Black Sea Fleet for Russia, refusing to transfer it to Leonid Kravchuk, reports the PolitNavigator correspondent. “They forgot the sacred meaning of Zmeiny Island. This is the Danube River. Everyone forgot about...

Russian aviation and missile forces attacked Zmeiny Island, which was abandoned by the Russian Armed Forces last summer. Ukrainian media reported this with reference to the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noted that at night Russian Su-24M bombers attacked targets on the island, and the Bastion ground complex fired Onyx missiles at targets on the coast of the Odessa region. Military…

The possibility of “Russian aggression” from the territory of Transnistria decreased after the Russian military left Zmeiny Island. Member of the Moldovan Parliament Oazu Nantoi stated this in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channel Freedom, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “From the moment the Russian ship went where it was sent, Zmeiny Island was liberated, and Putin’s blitzkrieg failed, the likelihood that Russia somehow...

The American MLRS provided to Ukraine will not hit Russia, but the situation at the front will change significantly. Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov stated this in an interview with the BBC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As the well-known HIMARS arrived, when we very accurately, clearly get into their warehouses, where they hide, store, and into command centers, this begins to change...

After the withdrawal of the Russian garrison from Zmeiny Island, the Bystroe mouth in the Danube Delta became accessible for the passage of ships transporting Ukrainian grain. The correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports this, referring to the “Administration of Seaports of Ukraine”, writes the official organ of the Verkhovna Rada “Voice of Ukraine”. “The state enterprise “Administration of Seaports of Ukraine” reported: given the liberation of Zmeiny Island from Russian troops and the accumulation...

Western politicians, at the hands of the Kyiv authorities, are drowning the country in blood for the sake of personal PR. Ukrainian political scientist Vasil Vakarov stated this on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He drew attention to one of the recent statements by former US Marine intelligence officer and military expert Scott Ritter. “Scott Ritter, as a military man, said the following phrase: “Killed unnecessarily.”...

The hoisting of the Ukrainian flag on Zmeiny Island, which had previously been abandoned by the Russian garrison, is nothing more than a PR campaign. A military expert, captain of the 1st rank in the reserve, Vladimir Gundarov, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He notes that in a situation of defeat, Ukrainians “have a bloody nose and need a symbol of victory,” at least some kind. “They know how to create a disinformation campaign out of nothing. Now…

The strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the Ukrainian landing force, which landed on Zmeiny Island for PR with the hoisting of the Ukrainian flag, not only destroyed the enemy’s manpower, but also destroyed part of the pier, without which now only climbers can get to the island from the sea. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin stated this on air on the Zvezda TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "IN…