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This is the dramatic moment Ukrainian special forces storm Snake Island in a daring operation to liberate the key Black Sea outpost from Putin's humiliated troops.
Ukrainian secret services have released previously unseen footage marking the second anniversary of its special forces storming Snake Island, which triggered Russia's retreat from the Black Sea outpost.
In the dramatic video, the island is seen being hit by aerial bombs before an assault by helicopters, with soldiers shooting from above before being dropped off near the outpost.
Headcam footage shows the troops shooting at enemy soldiers to liberate the remote but strategically important island, giving a huge lift to Ukrainian resistance.
Russian forces claimed they had retreated in a 'gesture of goodwill' but in fact had been forced to leave.
Ukrainian secret services have released previously unseen footage marking the second anniversary of its special forces storming Snake Island, which triggered Russia 's retreat from the Black Sea outpost
In the dramatic video, the island is seen being hit by aerial bombs before an assault by helicopters, with soldiers shooting from above before being dropped off near the outpost
Ukrainian troops were flown to the key Black Sea outpost to liberate the island. In the picture above, soldiers are firing at enemy troops on the island before they were dropped off
Headcam footage shows the troops shooting at enemy soldiers to liberate the remote but strategically important island, giving a huge lift to Ukrainian resistance
The final liberation was on June 30, 2022, and there are Russian claims that this assault was a May 7 precursor to the final liberation.
The Kyiv Independent stated: 'Occupying Snake Island effectively allowed Russian forces to launch a blockade of Odesa's Black Sea ports and direct missile attacks against Ukraine until 14 April 2022, when Ukraine successfully sank the Mosvka, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.'
Snake - or Zmiyinyi - Island in the Black Sea hit the headlines at the start of the war when heroic defenders famously radioed an approaching Russian cruiser to 'Go f*** yourself'.
Ukrainian defenders on the island spent more than 800 days in Russian captivity.
Nineteen heroic Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island were liberated on May 31 in a PoW exchange with Russia.
The strategic rock outcrop was visited by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after its liberation.
The Ukrainian secret services said the Snake Island operation was 'unique and extremely important'.
It was an initial phase in one of the key Ukrainian successes of the war - to limit Russian naval operations in the western sector of the Black Sea.
This allowed the U.N. and Turkey brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative, which resumed grain and other agricultural exports to the rest of the world.
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