here s some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today we are on snake island, on our snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our brave ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. the visit comes as president zelensky thanked the us after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells
warnings became a rallying cry, and they were presumed dead when russian troops invaded and captured the island, though it later transpired that the guards had survived. ukraine re took the island four months later. mr zelensky toured the island, laid a wreath and spoke to his nation. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today, we re on snake island, on our snake island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we re a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it. and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. it comes as eight people
saturday marks 500 days since russia s invasion of ukraine and president volodymyr zelensky has visited snake island, where ukrainian soldiers famously defied a russian war ship at the beginning of the war, calling it a sliver of land in a wide sea, but proof he says that ukraine will win the war. here s some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today we are on snake island, on our snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days.
on telegram of his trip to snake island, a strategically significant outpost in the black sea that ukrainian border guards refused to surrender to russia on the first day of the invasion, february 24th, 2022. their obscene reply to russian warnings became a rallying cry, and they were presumed dead when russian troops invaded and captured the island, though it later transpired that the guards had survived. ukraine retook the island four months later. mr zelensky toured the island, laid a wreath and spoke to his nation. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today, we re on snake island, on our snake island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we re a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it. and although this is a small piece of land in the middle
he says that ukraine will win the war. here s some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today we are on snake island, on our snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. a bbc presenter has been accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17. the sun newspaper reported that the unnamed male presenter had paid the teenager tens