Ukrainian forces claimed late Tuesday that airstrike attacks on Snake Island in the Black Sea resulted in 'significant losses' to Russian forces.
Satellite images released by U.S. space technology company Maxar Technologies show the island on June 17 and again on June 21, depicting newly charred areas. Snake Island, also known as Zmiinyi Island, was the site where Ukrainians soldierson its Telegram channel
The southern end of Snake Island and a tower can be seen in a satellite image from Maxar Technologies taken June 17. ►A Ukrainian photojournalist and a soldier who was accompanying him when they were killed in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion appear to have been “coldly executed” as they were searching Russian-occupied woodlands for the photographer’s missing image-taking drone, according to Reporters Without Borders.Yeva Skalietska, a 12-year-old Ukrainian refugee, is releasing a book of journal entries recounting her experience during the war and her escape from the country.
, gaining territory little by little. Western countries have sent an influx of weapons to Ukraine, but forces there are still outgunned by Russians in the Donbas region.