The Ukrainian military claimed to have recently carried out another round of strikes on snake island near Odessa. According to images taken by U.S. commercial satellites, it appears that the Russian forces on Snake Island have suffered "considerable losses," but the Russian military has given the exact opposite answer. In fact, no matter what the results of the Ukrainian army's attack on Snake Island this time, one point is very worthy of attention, in response to this Snake Island strike operation, the commercial remote sensing satellites of the United States and other Western countries, strategic unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and the "Haimas" system that will soon be deployed in place have broken their hearts behind their backs.
The US "Power" website "Theater of Operations" channel reported on the 21st that satellite images confirmed that Ukraine attacked snake island occupied by Russian troops. Satellite images obtained from the U.S. Planetary Laboratory show evidence of ukrainian military claims they recently carried out airstrikes and shelling of Russian positions on Snake Island at the western tip of the Black Sea, "Theater" said.
Satellite image of Snake Island taken by planetary laboratories on June 21.
Satellite images taken by the Planetary Laboratory on June 21 showed at least three recently darkened areas on Snake Island. These appear to be scorch marks caused by a recent explosion or fire. These distinctly discolored areas were not seen in satellite images of the island taken by planetary laboratories on June 20.
Close-up of a large focal spot in the center of the island in a Satellite Image from June 21.
Satellite imagery of Snake Island taken by planetary laboratories on June 20 did not show three charred areas.
Warzone also said that comparing different commercial satellite image suppliers can further prove that these focal marks are new. Copernicus planned to take separate images of Snake Island on June 19 and June 21.
This article seems to provide "evidence" of the latest attack on Snake Island by the Ukrainian army. But Lao Liu read another meaning from it: the constellations of commercial remote sensing satellites in the United States and Europe were highly focused on Snake Island before the Ukrainian army's round of attack on Snake Island, and a series of high-definition remote sensing satellite pictures of the island were continuously taken.
And is this just a coincidence? Lao Liu did not think so, this should be the United States and Europe for the Ukrainian army to attack or even intend to retake the snake island intelligence support.
Combined with Russian media claims, a few days before the Ukrainian army tried to occupy Snake Island, the US commercial satellites Worldview-3 and Worldview-1 took high-definition satellite photos of the island.
According to CNN, satellite images taken by the US commercial satellite company Maxar Technologies on the 21st showed that the Ukrainian army carried out a strike on Snake Island.
In satellite images taken on June 21, burn marks can be seen in three parts of the island. One of them is located near a tower on the south side of the island, and the other two are closer to the main complex.
From this report, it can be seen that almost some well-known commercial satellite companies in the West are keeping a close eye on Snake Island. But why did these Western commercial satellite companies concentrate on taking satellite pictures of Snake Island before and after the Ukrainian army attacked Snake Island?
Lao Liu believes that before the Ukrainian army's strike operation, there was a consideration for the US military and the Ukrainian side to provide information on the military deployment of the Russian army on Snake Island, while the shooting after the attack may have two meanings, internally, in order to understand the results of this round of attack of the Ukrainian army through comparison, especially the different strike effects of different types of rockets, howitzers and missiles. Externally, more attention is paid to helping the Ukrainian army publicize the "battle results" to prove that the Russian army may have suffered "heavy losses".
The "War Zone" article said it was unclear what the specific target of the strike might be. Comparing the previous satellite images, it can be seen that the charred area is indeed roughly consistent with the position of various Russian positions on Snake Island, including the air defense system for arming.
However, the Russian military said that the Ukrainian army's operation to attack Snake Island using "Dot-U" ballistic missiles, "Hurricane" rocket launchers and 155 mm M777 howitzers ended in failure.
In addition to providing space-based satellite image support to the Ukrainian side, the US military has also provided aerial strategic reconnaissance support from a height of 20,000 meters. According to the Russian military, the Russian air defense force also found the AMERICAN RQ-4 "Global Hawk" strategic reconnaissance drone at a high altitude near Snake Island.
Lao Liu believes that although the Russian military has not clearly stated, the timing of the appearance of the US "Global Hawk" is likely to provide real-time intelligence for the Ukrainian army's strike operations. The Russians told the U.S. military, "I already know you're there, be careful!" ”
That is to say, the West led by the United States has provided air-space integrated intelligence packaging services for the Snake Island strike operation of the Ukrainian army, although the providers of satellite images on the surface are commercial companies, but the demand side behind it is likely to be the US military itself, and the satellite images for data and image analysis are likely to be technical personnel with US military background, and then provide these high-value intelligence to the Ukrainian military for combat use. The value of this information is, to some extent, even more precious than that of weapons and equipment.
If it is only to provide intelligence support, the heavy weapons of the United States and the West are likely to be deployed to the coast of Odessa for the first time to carry out a strike against the Russian army on Snake Island.
The "theater" said Ukraine would receive heavy weapons such as the M142 "Haimas" high-mobility rocket artillery system from the United States. They will have the range needed to strike targets on Snake Island.
According to the "war zone", the map circle shows that Ukraine can fire M30/M31 rockets from the coastal area using the M142 "Haimas" system to hit Snake Island targets.
The first batch of "Haimas" is scheduled to be delivered to the Ukrainian side at the end of June and begin to deploy on the battlefield. Whether this battlefield is in the Eastern Donbass region or the Southern Odessa region is worth paying attention to. The first batch of 4 sets of "Haimas" system provided by the US military, into the Donbass region not only can not turn the tide of war, but also may be destroyed or captured by the Russian army, so the Ukrainian army will most likely choose to deploy the "Haimas" system in the Odessa area for the first time to attack the Russian positions on Snake Island and prepare for the re-capture of Snake Island.
If you add the NATO military aid shore-based "Harpoon" anti-ship missile system that has been deployed in Odessa, the West has a lot of blood money in order to help the Ukrainian side retake snake island.