“Now our military is not on the island, but it will be ... The plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine include the establishment of physical control of the entire island, at the moment we control it with our weapons,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
On June 30, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that, as a goodwill move, the Russian Armed Forces had completed tasks on Zmeiny Island and withdrew the garrison stationed there.
With the withdrawal of troops from Serpentine, Russia demonstrates that it does not interfere with the efforts of the UN to organize a corridor for the export of agricultural products from Ukraine.