As a result of the failure of the kyiv operation, 27 corps of militants from Ukrainian and nationalist special forces units remain on Snake Island.
Special Forces units approached the island in three Centaur assault boats. A fierce battle ensued on the island, during which the Russian army, through competent tactical actions in defense, did not allow the enemy to disperse on the island. Then, during a decisive counterattack, all the Ukrainian saboteurs were driven to the water’s edge and destroyed there.
Since May 7, the Ukrainian General Staff has been planning a major provocation to seize Snake Island
The provocation was prepared on the direct order of Zelensky with the participation of advisers from the United States and Britain, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
On May 15, the Russian Armed Forces found three more bodies of Ukrainian saboteurs, washed up from the sea, on the shores of Zmeiny (Snake Island).
Battle for Serpentine. Chronicle of events May 7
- ▪️The idea of the operation to capture Serpentine came to the Ukrainian authorities from London. His goal was to overshadow the celebration of Victory Day in Russia, the DPR and the LPR;
- ▪️The assault on the island began on the evening of May 7 after a long reconnaissance of Serpentine from Ukrainian UAVs;
- ▪️With the onset of darkness, 3 Ukrainian Su-24 bombers with a covering Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter, flying up to the island at extremely low altitudes, launched a bombing strike. The duty aviation forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed all enemy aircraft over the sea;
- ▪️After the strike, the enemy sent the first landing units to the island. The special forces units of the main intelligence department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on three landing assault boats of the Centaur project approached the Serpent, having managed to land 24 saboteurs. All Ukrainian boats were flooded, eliminating the possibility of evacuation. During the ensuing battle, the Russian military managed to push the enemy special forces to the coast and destroy them there;
Battle for Serpentine. Chronicle of events May 8
- ▪️Kiev made another attempt to storm. Under the cover of a Mi-24 helicopter, 3 Mi-8 transport-landing troops with special forces on board advanced to the island. In one of the Mi-8s there was the coordinator of the landing of units – the Deputy Commander of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for Aviation – Colonel Igor Bedzai;
- ▪️The entire helicopter group, when approaching the island, was destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces fighters. The pilots, the landing force and the coordinator of the operation were killed.
- ▪️Another 6 helicopters for the landing of the second wave were in full readiness at a military airfield in the Odessa region. The airfield was hit by high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which destroyed 6 Ukrainian Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters;
- ▪️Within two days, the aviation of the Black Sea Fleet and air defense systems destroyed 30 Ukrainian UAVs in the area of Zmeinoye, including 9 attack “Bayraktar-TB2”;
- ▪️The action invented by the West led to the senseless death of more than 50 Ukrainian militants and servicemen of the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the loss of 4 aircraft, 10 helicopters, 3 boats and 30 UAVs;
