Snake Island does job of Moskva as Russia maintains grip on Black Sea
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from on (#5ZKHK)
Russia determined to hang on to its unsinkable destroyer' as Ukraine tries to win vital landmass back
Fished out of the water, smashed asunder, is a Ukrainian TB2 drone, retrieved in the last couple of days off the coast of Romania and almost certainly a legacy of a bold attempt to retake Snake Island earlier in the month.
The previously inconsequential low-lying 17-hectare (42-acre) rock, nearly 30 miles from the coasts of Ukraine and Romania, has become of growing strategic importance as Russia seeks to maintain its blockade of Ukraine's remaining coastline.
Continue reading...