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The Snake Island campaign was a period of Russian occupation and military conflict for Snake Island, a small, strategically located Ukrainian island in the Black Sea.On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Navy attacked Snake Island and captured it along with its entire garrison, beginning a military occupation of the island.
Billboard in Dnipro, Ukraine, with the statement written in Russian "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" [a] was the final communication made on 24 February, the first day of the 2022 Snake Island campaign, by Ukrainian border guard Roman Hrybov to the Russian missile cruiser Moskva.
Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island, White Island, Island of Achilles or Zmiinyi Island (Ukrainian: острів Зміїний, romanized: ostriv Zmiinyi; Romanian: Insula Șerpilor), is a Ukrainian island located in the Black Sea, near the Danube Delta, with an important role in delimiting Ukrainian territorial waters
A morale patch is a military ornamental insignia with humorous images and expressions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They can be used as identification with a particular unit, such as a division or brigade, and are designed to build an esprit de corps with military personnel.
One aspect of Ukrainian propaganda is the desire to evoke an emotional response from the audience and to spread dramatic wartime stories. Ukrainian media have been accused of telling propaganda stories and urban legends [2] such as the "Ghost of Kyiv" [3] or the "Guardians of Snake Island." [4]
On 22 February 2022, the Russian people's militias in Ukraine accused Ukraine of a "terrorist attack" that killed three civilians in a car on the Donetsk-Gorlovka highway. [124] France 24 described the incident as a false flag attempt with corpses likely coming from a morgue to set up the scene.
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