Fierce fighting during Russia's invasion of Ukraine at Ukraine's famous snake island.

Fierce fighting during Russia's invasion of Ukraine at Ukraine's famous snake island.
Satellite spies sunken Russian ship off Ukraine's wartorn Snake Island.

Maxar's GeoEye-1 satellite has given us intriguing new views of the tiny Black Sea island.

Tiny Snake Island has hosted some fierce fighting during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as new satellite photos show.

Snake Island is a 42-acre speck of land in the Black Sea, about 28 miles off the Romanian coast. Russia captured it from Ukraine in late February, a few days after the invasion began, but the battle for control of the strategically important island continues.

On Thursday, for example, Maxar Technologies' GeoEye-1 spacecraft snapped a series of photos of Snake Island, one of which appears to capture a Ukrainian attack on a Russian Serna-class landing craft.

"Smoke contrails can be seen in the area, likely from missiles/munitions that had recently been fired toward the ship, and the landing craft is seen making evasive maneuvers," Maxar representatives wrote in an emailed description of the newly released imagery.

"On the northern part of the island, a barge with a heavy-lift crane is positioned close to a sunken Serna-class landing craft that had recently been struck, reportedly by Ukrainian drones," Maxar representatives added, referring to another May 12 GeoEye-1 photo.

"Nearby, an additional Serna-class landing craft is positioned at a landing ramp," the description continues. "On the island itself, the imagery provides a closer view of the damaged buildings from recent attacks as well as several Russian air defense vehicles (Pantsir surface to air system) deployed nearby."

Companies such as Maxar, Planet and BlackSky are giving the world a bird's-eye view of the Russian invasion. Their imagery helps government officials in the United States and other nations monitor Russian troop movements and allows aid organizations to map out their operations more efficiently, among other uses.

One city in dire need of aid is Mariupol, a port city in southeastern Ukraine that has been besieged by Russian forces since the invasion began. The siege has killed about 20,000 civilians in Mariupol so far, Ukrainian officials have said(opens in new tab).

Maxar's WorldView-3 satellite spotted some evidence of this grim toll on Thursday, snapping a photo showing the ongoing expansion of Starokrymske Cemetery on Mariupol's western edge.
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