How Ukraine's 'Venice' has borne the brunt of fight for Snake Island - The Guardian

The battle for the strategic outcrop has shaken the fishing village of Vylkove, where boats can no longer put out to sea

It is remote, inhospitable, windswept and largely uninhabited, but it has been fought over for centuries. Legend has it that the rocky outcrop in the Black Sea was created by the sea god Poseidon as … [+8391 chars]

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