Latest Activity at Snake Island

Satellite photos show the latest naval activity and SAM systems at Snake Island.

So, it seems Russia is trying to reinforce the island and establish more of a foothold there. So these satellite photos were released on May 25th.

The first one shows an increased amount of naval activity—seven ships spotted around the island.

1 - We have Project 02690 self-propelled floating crane.

2 – Sev-er-let- bob-rov with a Pantsir S1 sam system

3 – A Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship

4 – A BK-16 High-speed landing craft being towed

5 – An known tug

6 – A Serna-Class landing craft with a possible TOR sam system

7 – An empty Serna-class landing craft. Likely dropped off a SAM system

As well as Naval activity, we also have increased defence on the island itself. Satellite images seen here show there are now 10 vehicles on the island. These haven’t been identified, but it’s likely some of them are SAM systems arnd various vehicles used to support SAM systems such as loaders. So Russia is definitely beefing up its anti-air defences. Unfortunately, if they keep gaining a foothold like this, they will be difficult to dislodge. Especially with the amount of air power being sent which will make Bayraktar or aircraft strikes very risky.

Finally—we have this last picture. This floating crane has been around the island for a while now, and has been thought to be either recovering the sunken Serna-class boat or used to unload the Sev-er-let Bob-rov. Possibly even both. On this image, we can see that the Serna-class boat has been recovered by the crane.