During the ongoing fighting near Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea, Ukrainian Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles hit Russian air defenses and supply ships, preventing the enemy from reinforcing their garrison on the island.. This information, previously published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was confirmed by the British Ministry of Defense..

His report emphasizes that Russian air defense systems and supply ships were poorly protected after the retreat of the Russian fleet to the Crimea due to the loss of the Moskva cruiser.. At the same time, the British Ministry of Defense suggested that if Russia managed to strengthen its position with the help of strategic cruise missiles, air defense and coastal defense, then it could dominate the northwestern part of the Black Sea..

On May 7, the operational command "

Two days later, on May 9, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that since May 7, the Ukrainian General Staff " According to him, during the fighting, Kyiv lost three bombers, one fighter, 10 helicopters, three assault boats and 30 unmanned aerial vehicles..

On May 11, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of another drone near Snake Island.

Fighting in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bSnake Island has been going on since the first day of the war. On February 24, the Russian cruiser Moskva, approaching the island, offered the Ukrainian military stationed there to surrender and received an obscene response, widely quoted on social networks. After that, a message appeared that Ukrainian soldiers from the island were taken prisoner.. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the transition of Serpentine under the control of Russian troops.