
Battles for the Island of Serpents began on February 24, 2022 fate from the missile attack on the Ukrainian border garrison on the island. Snakes are approaching the hour of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent burying of the island by Russian armies.
Close to 18:00 on the 24th of 2022, a missile attack landed on the island of Snakes the cruiser "Moscow", the frigate "Admiral Essen" and the patrol ship "Vasil Bikov" of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The garrison of the island was ordered to retreat. One of the ships that was shelled was Anton Kuprin, who was carrying out the ship "Admiral Essen".
The statement to the Ukrainian border guards of Zmiiny Island was:
You are in a new state isolation in the zone of poisoning. Once upon a time, your support will be diminished. Think about your children and loved ones who need you to love you and keep you home alive. This will soon end and you will continue your normal life. Make the right decision and you'll end up alive. Inform the channels of the link, on channel 16, about our spivpratsyuvat. Pin the robot to the radar and pick up the connection. Vishikuvatisya and fold it with zbra. It’s a good time with such additions.
However, the border guards were not happy with the proposal and rudely confronted the occupiers with a phrase that has become legendary: Russian warship, go to hell. After this, an intense missile and artillery attack was launched on the garrison.
13 April 2022 The Ukrainian Navy launched an attack on the cruiser with two R-360 “Neptune” anti-ship missiles to the coastal anti-ship complex RK-360MC "Neptune". As a result of the tearing away of the ears and folded weather minds, they overflowed and sank. In the evening of the 14th quarter of the flooding of the "Moscow" the Russian Ministry of Defense was informed.
On June 30, 2022, the Russian garrison was hastily evacuated, and 4 Ukrainian troops were stationed on the island of Prapor Ukraine.