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Russia had used the island to impose a blockade on Ukraine, one of the world's biggest grain exporters and a major producer of seed for vegetable oils. "And no one will risk people for the sake of a photo for the media."įor context: Russian troops left Snake Island last week - having famously captured it in the early days of the invasion after the defending forces told them "Russian warship, go f*** yourself".
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So who will install it, stick it in, raise it?" she said. She said her earlier remarks about the flag being raised should be "understood metaphorically". It will wait for the arrival of the troops, then it will wave," she told CNN.
"The flag was delivered to the island by helicopter. "We will kick you out and get it all back."Įarlier we reported that Ukraine's flag had once again been raised on Snake Island after the Russians were driven out with the assistance of French missiles.Ī spokesman for the Ukrainian military's Southern Command, Natalia Humeniuk, has now issued a clarification: ''It's not for long," the commander says. They know they're on the backfoot right now but there's still a very high level of optimism about the long-term future here and he had this message for the Russians who're still busy celebrating their seizing of Luhansk. All we need is more ammunition and then everything else we will do by ourselves." "What we need is more of guns like this," he told us.
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The truck's commander said his men spent 10 days learning how to operate the weaponised truck in France. The gun can be readied to fire in about 60 seconds flat and in even less time (about 40 seconds), it can be on the move again to keep out of the reach of enemy return fire. The Ukrainian troops from the 55th Brigade who we watched using the Caesars told us the howtizers are much more versatile and offers them a mobility which helps safeguard the crew. The heavy artillery is highly valued for its accuracy and can reach targets much further away - up to 30 miles away. We are the first British journalists to be given access to see the French-made Caesar howitzers which are now being used to try to hold back the Russian military in the Donbas.įrench President Emmanuel Macron has already supplied 12 Caesars and after the G7 summit, committed to providing another six.
They're hoping the arrival of foreign-supplied heavy artillery from American and Europe can help them reverse the tide but it may have arrived too late for the Ukrainians to keep hold of the Donbas. The Ukrainian troops we've been speaking to have told us over and over again they feel outgunned and overwhelmed by the superior numbers of heavy Russian artillery which they are being bombarded with. The areas have been fiercely contested for the past eight years and President Putin launched his 'special military operation' in February after unilaterally declaring Donetsk and Luhansk 'independent'. The past few days have already seen increased attacks on the cities of Sloviansk and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region - and the frontline towns of Krasnohorivka and Marinka are also particularly vulnerable.
The Russians already control most of Donetsk, the second half of the Donbas and the signs are they are moving to claim the rest of it.
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Russian troops are ratcheting up their efforts to secure full control of the entire Donbas area in eastern Ukraine - and from what we witnessed, there's very little which is going to stop them right now, writes Sky's special correspondent Alex Crawford.Ī huge chunk of the industrial heartland has already fallen to the Russian military allowing President Vladimir Putin to declare a significant victory after his troops seized the Luhansk region with the capture of the city of Lysychansk, the last Ukrainian stronghold there.
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