Satellite images released of Zmiinyi (Snake) Island following liberation
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 30 JUNE 2022, 21:37
Maxar Technologies, a US space technology company, has published satellite images of Zmiinyi (Snake) Island in Odesa Oblast following its liberation from Russian occupying forces.
Source: Maxar Technologies on Twitter
Details: Maxar Technologies said that the images were taken on Thursday 30 June.
Quote: "In today’s imagery, smoke can be seen from burning vehicles/structures at several locations across the northern section of the island."
Previously: Russian occupiers fled from Zmiinyi Island following multiple attacks launched by Ukrainian forces, some of them using Ukrainian Bohdana howitzers.
The Russian authorities claimed that Russian military forces had "completed their mission on Zmiinyi Island", and the garrison stationed there had been withdrawn "as a goodwill gesture".
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that Odesa Oblast has now been liberated from the occupiers in its entirety.
