INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
area."On June 30, as a step of goodwill, the Russian Armed Forces fulfilled their tasks on Snake Island and withdrew the garrison there,"
Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing.Konashev said that the move was a symbolic step to disprove statements by
Ukraine and its allies that Moscow is blockading its pro-Western neighbor after invading the country in late February."In this way, we are
demonstrating to the global community that the Russian Federation is not hindering the efforts of the UN to organize a humanitarian corridor
Our Armed Forces did a great job," Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, wrote in a Twitter post
Island has held key strategic significance to Russian forces since the early days of the war in February
