“On the eve of Victory Day, the Ukrainian authorities made an adventurous attempt to seize Serpent Island.
This dubious action turned out to be a complete failure.
The Russian Armed Forces liquidated more than 50 servicemen of the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In three days, four enemy aircraft, ten helicopters, 30 unmanned aerial vehicles and three boats were destroyed, ”Shoigu said at the board of the Ministry of Defense.
The head of the defense department stressed that any provocations would continue to "be severely suppressed."
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that Kyiv, during a thoughtless PR campaign to seize Snake Island, lost more than 50 Ukrainian militants and military personnel of the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four aircraft, ten helicopters, three boats and 30 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Konashenkov stressed that, from a military point of view, the gamble to seize the Serpent's Island, which was pointless, ended in disaster for Ukraine.
According to a source in the power structures of Russia, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky personally ordered the attack on Serpent Island, he demanded a result by May 9, although the Ukrainian General Staff was against it.