Saturday 2 July 2022 09:42 PM Sting in the tail! The moment Ukrainian forces attack Snake island to destroy ... trends now

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'.

Putin's remaining troops on the island fled in the middle of the night in two speedboats with the rocky outcrop left 'covered in fire' following a fresh volley of rocket attacks on remaining Russian positions, Ukraine's military said.

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. 

But in the end, the Ukrainian military had to do it for them. 

The slick video, produced by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, opens with smooth close-ups of a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone, which have been so effective in the war so far.

High-resolution footage of Snake Island on the Black Sea horizon precedes military drone footage of a Russian supply truck sitting on a jetty.

A white blob glides into the shot and obliterates the truck in a white flash, leaving the jetty ablaze.