The Ukrainian flag returned to Snake Island on July 7, days after the country’s forces retook control of the area from Russian troops in late June.
Snake Island took on enormous symbolic significance in the early days of the ongoing conflict.
Soldier Roman Hrybov’s explicit refusal to surrender to a Russian warship while stationed there in February 2022 became a rallying cry for Ukrainians everywhere.
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