“I can report that the flag of Ukraine has been set on Zmeiny Island,” TASS quoted her as saying.
Earlier, Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of the operational department of the General Staff, said that the Ukrainian General Staff announced the intention of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to take Zmeiny Island "under physical control."
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.