Snake Island campaign

When

24 Feb 2022

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.26° N, 30.20° E

Description

battle in 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Campaign in the Russo-Ukrainian war

The Snake Island campaign was a Russian military attack on and occupation of Snake Island, a small, strategically located Ukrainian island in the Black Sea. On 24 February 2022, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Navy attacked Snake Island and captured it along with its garrison, beginning a 126-day military occupation.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de l'île des Serpents”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Russo-Ukrainian War (full-scale invasion)24 Feb 2022 · Interstate war · Deaths 350,000