The outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Black Sea Snake Island unexpectedly became the global focus, and even once became a symbol of Ukraine's "indomitable spirit", so what is the mystery of it, it is worth the Russian and Ukrainian sides to repeatedly break out the snake island battle, the hot game from three aspects to make some interpretations:
First, Snake Island has great strategic and military value. Geographically, the island is located in the northwest of the Black Sea, close to the border between Ukraine and NATO member Romania, no more than 40 kilometers from the border between the two countries, and only 300 kilometers from the Crimean Peninsula, with an excellent geographical location.
Although the area of Snake Island is only 0.18 square kilometers, it is located on the important shipping route to the Ukrainian port cities of Odessa, Mikorayev and other places, which is the only way for Ukraine to pass through important sea outlets and sea and land transit, especially in the military is the southern barrier of Ukraine, and in the Soviet period, it attaches great importance to the geostrategic value of Snake Island and the proper throat of the Black Sea.
From a military point of view, although snake island is not large, it can control a fairly wide sea area, relying on the Crimean Peninsula and snake island to form a comprehensive blockade of The Ukrainian sea from west to east, completely making the Black Sea a backyard for the free movement of the Russian naval fleet.
From the perspective of battlefield coordination, the use of snake island's altitude advantage and radar communication facilities can provide considerable battlefield support for the Russian army, which can be called a forward outpost for observing the Black Sea. Moreover, Snake Island is adjacent to moldova's only outlet to the sea, Dniesternigu Port, and Moldova has a certain number of Russian troops stationed there, and the battlefield coordination value is also very high.
Second, Snake Island has a high value of political struggle. Before the 2021 Summit on the Situation in Crimea, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy came to Snake Island and delivered an impassioned speech here, calling for the death to defend Snake Island. As a result, Snake Island fell into battle, which undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Ukrainian army.
Third, Snake Island has extremely high marine economic value. The sea islands and land are also symbols of sovereignty, the Russian military controls snake island, not only means the extension of Russia's territorial sea ownership, the same snake island around the rich oil and gas resources, after the war will inevitably all be owned by Russia, since Russia and Ukraine began to fight, such a piece of high added value of the fat Russia can not miss.