Zmiinyi (Snake) Island is located 48km (30 miles) south of Ukraine's mainland in the Black Sea Ukraine's navy says the 13 soldiers believed to have been killed defending Zmiinyi (Snake ...

The Tymur Special Unit of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence carried out an unusual operation in which they evacuated 15 cats from Zmiinyi Island. Frost threatened animals' carefree lives as winter ...

The Tymur Special Unit of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence carried out an unusual operation in which they evacuated 15 cats from Zmiinyi Island. Frost threatened animals' carefree lives as winter ...

Ukrainian scouts from the Main Intelligence Directorate conducted an unusual evacuation from Zmiinyi Island, rescuing 15 cats ahead of winter's arrival, the agency reported. Read also: Two animal ...

In unverified audio clips, the borders guards defending Zmiinyi Island in the Black Sea are told to "lay down your weapons" or "be bombed". "Russian warship, go to hell," they respond. Ukraine ...

"On our Zmiinyi Island, defending it to the last, all the border guards died heroically," Zelensky said. "But [they] did not give up." According to audio posted by the Ukrainian outlet Pravda and ...

Snake or Zmiinyi Island is a fraction of a square kilometre in size and there are no more snakes to speak of. But there can be no doubt of its importance for control of the western Black Sea.

Ukraine's navy says the 13 soldiers believed to have been killed defending Zmiinyi (Snake) Island on the first day of the Russian invasion are alive. The border guards were given posthumous ...

The island, located in the Black Sea, is also known as Zmiinyi Island and was the location where a young Ukrainian guard bravely told an incoming Russian warship to "go fuck yourself" in the first ...