Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked all the soldiers and all of Ukraine for the 500 days of fighting against Russian aggression with a message from the Island of Snakes, one of the most important strategic places in the maritime zone of the sea Negro, occupied by the Russians in February of last year and liberated on June 30.
The liberation of Snake Island was preceded by the April sinking of the Russian flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva. The Russian Defense Ministry at the time described the Russian withdrawal as a "gesture of goodwill".
