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Taken by Vladimir Putin’s forces on the first day of the Russian invasion, Snake Island has now officially returned to the Ukrainian camp. “We have effectively restored our physical control,” Ukraine’s military said on Thursday. Already on Monday, after the withdrawal of the Russian troops, Kyiv announced that the Ukrainian flag was flying again on this small piece of land in the north-west of the Black Sea.
This island had become symbolic from the first day of the conflict, when a member of the small Ukrainian garrison defending it ordered the Russian ship, which was demanding its surrender, to “fuck itself”. Its geographic location is also strategic as it protects a shipping corridor leading in particular to the port cities of Odessa, Mykolaiv or Kherson.
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Russia, according to satellite images taken on June 13 by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 mission and analyzed by the US space agency’s Crop program. This includes 28% winter grains (wheat, barley, rye) and 18% spring grains (corn and sunflower seeds), according to NASA in its note.
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High-level Russian involvement may jeopardize the G20’s credibility, effectiveness and relevance.
Josep Borrell’s spokeswoman, Nabila Massrali, said that “the appalling war against Ukraine and the consequences of Russian aggression will be discussed at these meetings, but we will not allow Moscow to use the G20 as a platform for its propaganda.”
The trend of the day
The announcement of Boris Johnson’s ouster could have worried Volodymyr Zelenskyy about Britain’s future support for Ukraine. In fact, the British Prime Minister was one of the leaders of the countries that sided with Kiev against Vladimir Putin. But according to analysts and observers, Ukrainians don’t really need to worry too much.
“The line will remain, the style will be different,” says Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador to Great Britain and Russia. “Support for Kyiv is a position that is very divided in the UK so it shouldn’t change.” a policy that will outlive him,” says Lord Peter Ricketts, former British National Security Adviser and former UK Ambassador to France.