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=== Russian invasion of Ukraine ===
{{Main|2022 Snake Island campaign}}
Militarily, Snake Island, {{Convert|35|km|mi}} from the coast of Ukraine, is within the range of missile, artillery, and drone strikes from the shore, and exposed to attacks from all directions from air and sea, making any garrison "sitting ducks".<ref name=lukov>{{Cite news |title=Snake Island: Why Russia couldn't hold on to strategic Black Sea outcrop |last1=Lukov |first1=Yaroslav |last2=Kirby |first2=Paul |website=BBC News |date=30 June 2022 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61992491}}</ref> It is a strategically significant island in the Black Sea, and Russian control over the island would allow a total blockade of the Ukrainian port city of [[Odesa]].<ref name=lukov/>
[[File:Stamp of Ukraine s1985.jpg|thumb|Ukrainian postage stamp, depicting a Ukrainian soldier giving Russian cruiser ''Moskva'' [[the finger]]<ref>{{cite news |date=14 April 2022 |title=Ukrainian soldiers who told Russian warship 'go f*** yourself' honoured on postal stamps |website=[[itv.com]] |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-04-14/ukrainian-soldiers-who-told-russian-warship-go-f-yourself-honoured-on-stamp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414202402/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-04-14/ukrainian-soldiers-who-told-russian-warship-go-f-yourself-honoured-on-stamp |archive-date=14 April 2022 |access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Michael |first=Chris |date=12 March 2022 |title=Ukraine reveals 'Russian warship, go fuck yourself!' postage stamp |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/12/ukraine-reveals-russian-warship-go-fuck-yourself-postage-stamp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312120555/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/12/ukraine-reveals-russian-warship-go-fuck-yourself-postage-stamp |archive-date=12 March 2022 |access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref>]]
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Initially, the Ukrainian government erroneously reported that all 13 members of the garrison had died in the attack, and President Volodymyr Zelensky "[[posthumous award|posthumously]]" awarded the [[Hero of Ukraine]], Ukraine's highest award, to the 13 defenders.<ref name="BBC1" /><ref name="NYTimes1" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Haynes |first1=Danielle |date=25 Feb 2022 |title=Slain Ukrainian guards deemed heroes for defiant stand on Snake Island |agency=UPI |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/02/25/ukraine-ukraine-russia-snake-island-guards/5821645813244/ |access-date=26 February 2022}}</ref> The Ukrainian navy clarified later in February that the garrison were alive.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrainian Navy confirms Snake Island soldiers are alive, POWs |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-698897 |website=jpost.com |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228172948/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-698897 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 29 March 2022, the Defence Ministry of Ukraine posted on Twitter that the author of the infamous phrase had been freed from captivity and given a medal for bravery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian soldier who told Russian warship to 'go f*** yourself' from Snake Island gets bravery award |url=https://news.sky.com/story/ukrainian-soldier-who-told-russian-warship-to-go-f-yourself-from-snake-island-gets-bravery-award-12577763 |access-date=2022-03-30 |publisher=[[Sky News]] |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman Hrybov, the author of... |url=https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1508814043213139980 |author=Defense of Ukraine |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> The Ukrainian Postal Service in April 2022 issued a stamp showing a Ukrainian soldier showing [[the finger]] (an offensive gesture of defiance) to the Russian ship ''Moskva''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093764504/ukraine-snake-island-postage-stamp |title=Ukrainians wait in line for hours to buy commemorative Snake Island postage stamps |first=Rachel |last=Treisman |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=May 4, 2022 }}</ref>
Ukrainian forces launched an operation to expel the Russians from Snake Island, targeting
==Maritime delimitation==
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