> KYIV, June 30 (Reuters) – Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger.
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> Russia’s defence ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill” that showed Moscow was not obstructing U.N. efforts to open a humanitarian corridor allowing grains to be shipped from Ukraine’s ports.
Shame their gesture of goodwill did not extend to removing all the mines they laid outside the entrances to the ports (Odessa and Ochakiv) and the mouth of the river Dniepr.
A few recent headlines had me worried that the tide was turning against Ukraine but this is great news
Typical Russia trying to spin a defeat into an example of them being reasonable and generous as well
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> KYIV, June 30 (Reuters) – Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger.
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> Russia’s defence ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill” that showed Moscow was not obstructing U.N. efforts to open a humanitarian corridor allowing grains to be shipped from Ukraine’s ports.
That’s good
The [Ukrainian attack](https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/22/ukraine-claims-significant-snake-island-victory-over-russian-forces) a week earlier has nothing to do with it, obviously.
Does that mean that Odessa is now safe?
Shame their gesture of goodwill did not extend to removing all the mines they laid outside the entrances to the ports (Odessa and Ochakiv) and the mouth of the river Dniepr.
A few recent headlines had me worried that the tide was turning against Ukraine but this is great news
Typical Russia trying to spin a defeat into an example of them being reasonable and generous as well
Excellent. [Western weaponry really makes a difference.](https://twitter.com/RolandOliphant/status/1542444671955263490) Keep it going.