Russian Defense Ministry reports ВСУ (Armed Forces of Ukraine) attempt to recapture Snake Island, three Su-24 and one Su-25 shot down
In recent days, the Ukrainian military has made a titanic effort, trying to recapture from our military a small island of Snake near the Black Sea coast.
On Monday evening, Major General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, spoke about how the ВСУ (Armed Forces of Ukraine) had unsuccessfully solved this task. According to him, starting from May 7, the Ukrainian General Staff, with the direct participation of advisers from the United States and Great Britain, planned a major provocation on the direct instructions of Vladimir Zelensky, the ultimate goal of which was to capture Snake Island.
During the last two days, several desperate attempts have been made to land Ukrainian air and sea troops there. The fact is, the general explained, that this generally small piece of land is important to ensure control of the northwestern part of the Black Sea. "As a result of competent actions of the unit of the Russian Armed Forces located on the island, the Ukrainian provocation was thwarted. The enemy suffered heavy losses," Konashenkov said.
He noted that four Ukrainian planes, three Su-24 bombers and one Su-27 fighter jet, were shot down during the repulse of the attacks in the Zmeinoi area. In addition, it managed to hit three Mi-8 transport and combat helicopters with landing on board and a Mi-24 fire support helicopter.
And for another two days in the area of the island shot down 29 Ukrainian drones, including eight strike "Bayraktar TB-2". "At the same time, four Bayraktar drones were shot down this afternoon," the general said.
Also in an attempt to land on the night of May 8, three armored Ukrainian assault boats of project 58181 "Centaur" with servicemen of the Ukrainian Navy on board were destroyed.
Thus, Konashenkov concluded, as a result of Zelensky's thoughtless provocation, more than 50 saboteurs were destroyed at sea and on the coast only during the landing and attempts to gain a foothold on the island. Moreover, 24 bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen remained on the shores of Snake Island.
It will be recalled that a small garrison of this island surrendered to our troops without resistance at the very beginning of the special military operation. While Ukrainian servicemen were being taken to the Crimea, trumpets were sounded in Kiev about the heroic death of Zmeiny's defenders. Zelensky even rewarded them all posthumously.
Later, when the truth emerged, the Ukrainian authorities tried their best not to mention the island and its defenders.
