Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, said Ukrainian-made Bohdana howitzers had played an important role in routing Russian forces from Snake Island, and he thanked foreign partners for their support.
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Snake Island was made famous when Russia first captured it in February. A Ukrainian soldier posted on the island told an attacking Russian warship to "go fuck yourself", which has become one of the most popular Ukrainian slogans of resistance since the invasion.