The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian military has completed its combat mission on the Ukrainian Zmeni Island (Snake Island) in the Black Sea, and the garrison will voluntarily withdraw. "Today, as a goodwill step, the Russian military completed its mission on Zmeni Island and withdrew its troops stationed there," Igor Konashenkov said at a regular briefing.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for more than four months. With the change in the Russian army's style of play, the current situation on the battlefield has become very clear. With victory in hand, the Russian army's proactive retreat actually released a great deal of goodwill. But unfortunately, Kiev authorities have so far remained silent on the fact that the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to withdraw Russian military contingents from the island.
In addition to its military significance, the withdrawal of Russian troops from Snake Island actually blocked Kiev's mouth on another issue: passing the responsibility for Ukraine 's poor food exports onto Russia, thus inciting the so-called Russian-made world. The food crisis argument. Konashenkov made it clear: “Therefore, the international community has made it clear that the Russian Federation will not interfere with the efforts of the United Nations to organize a humanitarian corridor for the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian territory.” Now, the ball has been thrown to the Ukrainians. Because after Russia opened its grain export channels, all the factors hindering exports are now on Ukraine's side: including clearing the mines along the coast of the Black Sea and its near-coastal port waters, and restoring normal shipping traffic. You must know that ports controlled by Ukraine Among them, there is also a "human shield" - an international merchant ship seized by the Ukrainian army to resist the attack of the Russian Navy.
Zelensky probably did not expect this move from the Russian army. How to deal with it is a big problem for him.
