Sting in the tail! The moment Ukrainian forces attack Snake island to destroy Russian equipment

A dramatic new video shows the Ukrainians attacking Snake island to destroy Russian equipment left on the strategic outpost. Russian troops hastily abandoned Snake Island on Thursday, just days after Ukraine's armed forces launched a crippling rocket attack on the outpost, in what they claimed was a 'good will gesture'. A Russian supply truck sitting abandoned on a jetty on Snake Island explodes when it is hit by a Turkish drone A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone, which have been so effective in the war so far, was responsible for firing the missile The Russians made unsuccessful attempts to destroy their remaining equipment abandoned on the island, to keep it from falling into Ukrainian hands and being turned against its creators Russian troops hastily abandoned Snake Island on Thursday, just days after Ukraine's armed forces launched a crippling rocket attack on the outpost, leaving behind equipment A white blob glides into the shot and obliterates the truck in a white flash, leaving the jetty ablaze The 100-acre hunk of land is a favourable strategic position, sitting some 80 miles off Ukraine's southern coastline in the Black Sea. Russia seized the island early in the war and had largely managed to maintain control of it despite intermittent attacks from Ukraine's armed forces The Bayraktar drone attack followed Ukrainian claims that Russia had dropped prohibited phosphorus bombs on the island after abandoning it this week. Head of Zelensky's office Andriy Yermak this morning shared a photo of smoke rising from the island following yet another attack last night Russia has announced it is leaving Snake Island just days after Ukraine launched a major rocket attack on the outpost Zaluzhnyi said: 'The leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation does not even adhere to its own statements, which declare a 'gesture of goodwill'.