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Victorious Ukraine flies its flag again from blitzed Snake Island after Russians flee

Guards chief Arut Papoian said: “Snake island has always been Ukrainian and always will be. No temporary occupation will change that. Our battalion was the first to visit after liberation"

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian troops land on Snake Island to raise national flag

Ukrainian officials post footage of soldiers raising flag; Russia later says it fired missiles and ‘destroyed’ troops.

Al Jazeera

Russia targets Snake Island with missile strike after Ukraine raises flag

Russia claims a warplane struck the strategic island shortly after Ukrainian troops landed on the island

Evening Standard

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Russian defence ministry says warplane hit Ukrainian troops on Snake Island

Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday that a Russian warplane struck Ukraine's Snake Island in the Black Sea overnight, shortly after Ukrainian troops claimed to have raised their flag over the island.

Reuters

How Ukraine’s ‘Venice’ has borne the brunt of fight for Snake Island

The battle for the strategic outcrop has shaken the fishing village of Vylkove, where boats can no longer put out to sea

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian Forces Destroy Remainder Of Russian Military Equipment On Snake Island

The footage was obtained from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, 48, on Saturday, 2nd July.

Zenger

Ukraine war: reclaiming Snake Island is Kyiv’s biggest strategic victory so far – here's why

On February 24, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops occupied Snake Island, a small but strategically important outpost in the Black Sea about 70 nautical miles south of Odessa. The 13 Ukrainian troops stationed there were reported to have “twice bravely repulsed the attacks of the…

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Ukraine delivers flag back to Snake Island after Russian withdrawal

The flag will be raised as soon as troops arrive on the island, Ukraine’s military command says

Evening Standard

Ukraine war latest: Enormous price for Russia's 'victory', a Snake Island flag, and the cost of Ukraine's recovery

Russian troops dominate the last free city in a key Ukrainian region and eye other targets, while negotiations over the Black Sea ramp up, are among today's developments in the war.

ABC News

Ukraine raises its flag over Snake Island once again

Ukraine raised its flag once againa over Snake Island in the Black Sea on Monday.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian flag arrives in Snake Island after Russian retreat

Ukraine officials clarify initial confusion as to whether the flag has been raised, saying it is there but will be hoisted only once troops arrive

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine flag raised again on Snake Island, military says

The Ukrainian flag has been raised again on Snake Island in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Monday, after Russian troops withdrew from the strategic outpost last week.

Reuters

Russia Mocked As It Abandons Snake Island In ‘Gesture Of Goodwill’ After Intense Ukrainian Shelling

The footage was obtained from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday, June 30.

Zenger

Ukrainian Airborne Assault Troops Take Out Convoy Of Russian Ammo Vehicles

Ukrainian airborne assault troops reportedly destroyed a convoy of Russian ammunition vehicles. Russian military vehicles were successfully hit by Ukrainian ordnance as the footage shows. It is unclear where exactly in Ukraine the images were filmed, but they were obtained from the Command of the Airborne Assault Troops of the…

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The Guardian - UK

Russian forces increase assault on Ukrainian city of Lysychansk

Spokesperson claims they have ‘completely’ encircled last stronghold in Luhansk region

The Independent UK

Russia accused of dropping phosphorus bombs on Snake Island after claiming retreat

Moscow’s stockpiles of more accurate weapons might be dwindling, UK Ministry of Defence claims

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The grim search for survivors of the Kremenchuk shopping centre airstrike; Ukraine repels Russian forces from Snake Island; war returns to Kyiv

ABC News

Snake Island was one of the first battlegrounds of Russia's Ukraine invasion. Now Kyiv has scored a key strategic victory

Months after Russia seized an island that became emblematic of Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression, the country scores an important victory in the Black Sea that could hold the key to reopening grain exports.

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's evil plan exposed as Russia loses 'floating missile base' Snake Island

Russia's Defence Ministry has claimed its troops abandoned Snake Island - a strategic outpost in the Black Sea - as a display of goodwill to the world, but Ukraine says they drove the Kremlin's soldiers into the sea after a trouncing military operation

Axios

Russian missile strike kills at least 19 near Odesa, Ukraine says

The attack comes one day after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Kyiv’s army announces withdrawal from last major city in Luhansk

Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend Lysychansk after the fall of neighbouring Sievierodonetsk

Evening Standard

At least 18 dead after Russian missile strike on apartment in Odesa as Ukraine recaptures Snake Island

Artillery missiles struck a nine-storey building in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi suburb at around 1am on Friday morning

Irish Mirror

Russian missile attack on Ukrainian apartment block and sports centre kills at least 14

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the death toll has now risen to 14.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Missiles Kill at Least 19 in Ukraine's Odesa Region

Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island. Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in…

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