The Latest Breaking News from Snake Island

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed Friday in a strike on a Ukrainian apartment building, a day after Russian troops abandoned positions on a captured island in a major setback to the Kremlin's invasion. 

At least 19 dead after Russian missile strikes multi-story apartment building in Odesa; Russian forces withdraw from Snake Island in Black Sea

On day one of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, February 24, Russian troops seized Snake Island, a tiny rocky outcrop south-west of Odesa which – before the war – played host to a marine research station and a lighthouse. Resistance to the Russian assault became a propaganda coup for Ukrainians.…

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian troops have abandoned their positions on a captured Ukrainian island, a major setback to their invasion effort that weakens their blockade of Ukraine's ports, defence officials said on Thursday.

Ukraine's southern forces have been striking the island in recent days to take out Russian outposts. Russia's defense ministry said its troops left as a "goodwill gesture."

"KABOOM! No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore," a Ukrainian official tweeted.

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger. Russia's defense ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a "gesture of goodwill" that…

Russian forces abandon the strategic Black Sea islet – a major victory for Ukraine that could also enable grain exports.

Snake Island smoulders after Ukraine shelling batters Russian troops