Snake Island has a special place in Ukraine's folklore, now more than ever. Its defiant defense -- when a Russian warship was famously told to "go f*** yourself" -- and then reconquest rallied a ...

EL MUNDO spends a day with the Ukrainian special forces that infiltrate to fight behind enemy lines. Real war is not fought on the generals' maps, but in dense forests, muddy paths, and landing ...

June 30 (Reuters) - Russian forces have withdrawn from Snake Island in the Black Sea in a move Ukraine hailed as a victory and Russia said showed Moscow was not seeking to hinder United Nations' ...

Ukraine’s Snake Island soldiers are alive and are held captive by Russia, the Ukrainian navy said. The soldiers told a Russian warship to “go ---- yourself.” Ukraine's navy on Facebook Defiant ...

Ukraine has published new footage appearing to show one of its vessels firing on a Russian military aircraft in the Black Sea as Kyiv ramps up the pressure on Moscow forces in the region. A Russian ...

SNAKE ISLAND, Ukraine -- A Russian warship that attacked Snake Island in a video that went viral for its portrayal of Ukrainian defiance has been destroyed, according to new reports. Just days after ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She joined ...

In a move to deepen defense collaboration between Ukraine and the United States, the Snake Island Institute (SII) officially launched its operations in Kyiv recently. The institute aims to transform ...

KYIV, Aug 13 (Reuters) - (Note: Strong language in paragraph 4) Ukrainian border guards placed a new sign on Snake Island this weekend, recalling the early hours of Russia's invasion when a comrade on ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia says it has evacuated its soldiers stationed on Snake Island, the Ukrainian outpost in the Black Sea that had been invaded by Russia in late February. Snake Island, also known ...