Monday, around 11 p.m., after months of bombardment and Russian occupation, Serpents' Island is again adorned with Ukrainian colors: the blue and yellow standard was transported like a head of state, by helicopter.
But, for the time being, remains there alone.
He "
will wait
", to be lifted, "
the return of Ukrainian troops to the island
", said Tuesday Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian army in the south of the country.
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No one knows - or says - when the Ukrainian soldiers will return to this tiny rocky outcrop located 50 kilometers from the Ukrainian coast, off Odessa.
“
If we sent soldiers to the island, they would come under Russian fire just as their soldiers were defeated by Ukrainian bombardment.
It is an extremely dangerous territory,
” underlines Natalia Humeniuk, joined by
Le Figaro.
“
Especially since there is no guarantee that the Russians have not littered the island and the pier with mines and explosive booby traps, as they have done before…
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