“On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Navy attacked Snake Island, a Ukrainian island in the Black Sea, and captured it along with its entire garrison. The attack was widely publicized when an audio clip of Russian cruiser Moskva hailing the island's garrison over the radio demanding their surrender and being told ‘Russian warship, go fuck yourself‘ ... in response went viral, along with initial inaccurate reports of the garrison's deaths. ... Following its capture Ukraine launched a campaign to retake the island, deploying anti-ship missiles to force Russian naval forces to withdraw from the area around the island while continued air, artillery, and missile strikes made the Russian position on the island untenable. This caused Russia to withdraw from the island on 30 June 2022. ...”
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