Ukraine says it has raised its flag again on Snake Island

FILE PHOTO: Surveillance shows an aircraft flying past and dropping explosives, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in a location given as Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, Ukraine, in this screen grab taken from a video released July 1, 2022. Chief of Ukraine's General Staff Valeriy Zaluzhny via Telegram/ Handout via REUTERS.

KYIV (Reuters) -The Ukrainian flag has been raised again on Snake Island in the Black Sea, Ukraine's military said on Monday, after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic outpost last week.

"The military operation has been concluded, and ... the territory (Snake Island) has been returned to the jurisdiction of Ukraine," Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for Ukraine's southern military command, told a news conference.