The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, said that the island is of strategic importance both for Ukraine and for the Russian occupiers, since it allows controlling the surface and, to a certain extent, the air situation in southern Ukraine. Also , Snake Island is strategically important from the point of view of the possibility of a tactical amphibious landing by Russia.

The head of intelligence spoke about this on the air of the All-Ukrainian telethon, the press service of the GUR reports .

According to Budanov, theoretically, this is the only region through which the Russian invaders can try to land troops on the territory of the occupied Transnistrian region of Moldova.

“The one who controls the island can at any time block the movement of civilian ships in all directions to the south of Ukraine… Snake Island is the territory of Ukraine, and we will buy it in addition and fight for it as much as we need. This is a strategically important point, in order to open trade sea routes, import weapons and exclude any possible military actions of Russia on the territory of the “MRT”, from which they can attack the western part of Ukraine,” the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said.

Recall that on the island of Zmeiny in the Black Sea, where the invaders have repeatedly tried to strengthen their unprotected garrison, battles are being fought. British intelligence believes that if the Russian Federation strengthens its position on the island with the help of strategic cruise missiles, air defense and coastal defense, it will be able to dominate the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

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