This is a follow up to last week’s episode of Snake Island, a year later. In our last episode, I shared how 80 Ukrainian soldiers occupied Snake Island. Their mission was to protect the island from the Russian takeover. The odds were stacked against them, but Captain Hodsky and his team saw it only one way, defend, and if required, die defending to the last man.
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1. 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine [Wikipedia]
2. Why did Russia invade Ukraine and has Putin's war failed? [BBC]
3. The Strategic Importance Of Snake Island In Past And Present [EurasiaReview]
4. Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov [Wikipedia]
5. Russian cruiser Moskva [Wikipedia]
6. Russians are torturing a Ukrainian priest in Belgorod [TCH]
7. 70 dark days of Chaplain Vyrozub [War Translated]
8. Volodymyr Zelenskyy [Wikipedia]
9. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky addresses House of Commons [YouTube]
10. Ukraine gives medal to soldier who told Russian officer to ‘go fuck yourself’ [The Guardian]
11. Igor Smelyansky, General Director of Ukrposhta, the national postal service [Georgetown University]
12. Bohdan Hotskiy tells story of Snake Island and when his men
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