Ukraine has inflicted serious damage on Russian forces in airstrikes on a land island in the Black Sea, also known as ‘Snake Island’.
The attack on the island is believed to be the second major military success by the West using missiles delivered to Ukraine.
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Snake Island:
Land Island, also known as Snake or Serpent Island, is a small piece of rock less than 700 meters in size, described as X-shaped.
It is 35 km from the coast in the Black Sea. It is located far east of the mouth of the Danube and approximately south-west of the port city of Odessa.
The Danube is the second longest river in Europe after the Volga. It rises from the Black Forest Mountains of western Germany and covers a distance of about 2,850 km. It flows till its mouth on the Black Sea.
The island is marked on the map by ‘Village of Byle’, it belongs to Ukraine.
Black Sea:
Nearby Areas : The Hindu Analysis
The Black Sea is bounded by Ukraine to the north and northwest, Russia and Georgia to the east, Turkey to the south, and Bulgaria and Romania to the west.
Straits : The Hindu Analysis
The Black Sea is joined by the Bosphorus to the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea by the Dardanelles, which has traditionally been Russia’s warm waters’ gateway to Europe.
The Black Sea is also connected to the Azov Sea by the Kerch Strait.
Significance for Russia:
Tactical Intermediate Zone/Buffer : The Hindu Analysis
The Black Sea is a landmark for the Mediterranean Sea as well as a strategic buffer between NATO countries and Russia.
Geostatistical Significance : The Hindu Analysis
The dominance of the Black Sea region is a geo-strategic imperative for Moscow, (both to the influence of Russian power in the Mediterranean and to secure an economic gateway to the major markets of Southern Europe).
Russia has been trying to gain full control of the Black Sea since the Crimean crisis in 2014.
Control over the Black Sea as well as the land bridge linking Russia and Crimea has been Russia’s main goal in the current conflict.
Reducing Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea would turn it into a landlocked country and deal a serious blow to its logistics trade.
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