The Ukrainian army said that the Russian forces intentionally burned air defense missiles and radar to hatch traces when withdrawing forces from the snake island in the Black Sea.
As soon as we understood that the weapons on the island were being attacked by us effectively and could not be used anymore, they decided to abandon this area, Natalia Humenyuk, spokesman for the Military Region Command of South Ukraine
Humenyuk said that the Russian forces rumored on the island burned air defense systems and radar stations to conceal traces during the withdrawal.
The satellite image of the smoke rising from the snake island on 6/5.
Our force has not yet been on the island, because it is still unclear whether the Russian army has withdrawn or not, Humenyuk said.
The statement was made by Humenyuk after the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the armed forces of the country has completed the mission on the snake island and withdrew the stations here as a goodwill gesture.
This proves to the world community that Russia does not interfere with the United Nations efforts in organizing humanitarian corridors for agricultural exports from Ukraine, the agency said.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side announced that the Russian forces withdrew troops from the snake island after suffering from their attacks.
The island has an area of about 17 hectares, located on the Black Sea, about 35 km from Odessa port of Ukraine.
Location of Zmiinyi Island.
On the 127th War, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the military has destroyed a total of 224 aircraft, 134 helicopters, 1,400 drones (UAV), 353 air defense missile complexes
The agency said that in the past 24 hours, Ukraine's tactical and anti-air defense forces shot down two Su-25 powers of Ukraine, a Su-27 and 9 UAV fighters, as well as destroying a missile complex.
The Zvezda channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the same day shows the Tor-M2 air defense missile complex launching a missile destroying an Ukrainian aircraft, but it does not specify which one.
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The Russian forces also continued the missile ambush aimed at Ukrainian targets.
DNEPR is the way Russia calls Dnipro's name of Ukraine.
The Russian Air Force also raided the headquarters of the territorial defense brigade No. 123, the gathering point of foreign mercenaries in the southern province of Mykolaiv, as well as the bullets of the No. 79 airway shocking brigade in Shevchenko village near near the village.
More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers and about 80 foreign mercenaries were killed, 6 motor vehicles, 1,000 artillery shells, 300 mortar shells and 100 shoulder -mounted air defense missiles were destroyed in the raid, the Ministry of Defense
The missile raids into Ukraine recently identified seemed to send a message to the West.
Russia wants to send the message: We can launch missiles all day and people are not enough to prevent, Ben Hodges, former US force commander in Europe, said.
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Fighting continued in Donbass when the Russian forces and the separatist continued to promote the attack after controlling Severodonetsk, forcing Ukrainian soldiers here to withdraw tactics.
Ukrainian officials said they were trying to evacuate about 15,000 civilians in Lysychansk.
A separatist government official in Lugansk announced that the Russian forces and local militia units completely controlled the Lysychansk oil refinery, as well as the entire route to the city.
Ukraine declared the counter -attack in the south while the Russian forces put their power in the eastern Donbass region.
War in Ukraine after more than 4 months of fighting.
The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) recorded 4,731 ordinary people and 5,900 injured people after more than 4 months of war in Ukraine.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said more than 8.4 million people have left Ukraine since the conflict broke out, while more than 7 million people in the country had to leave their homes.
The G7 and its allies want to increase pressure on Russia with more harsh sanctions, but seem to have run out of weapons as well as endurance.
Russia claimed to raid Ukraine's arsenal causing the nearby Amstor to trade, but experts pointed out many unreasonable points.