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80 Marines? There's no fucking way a small ass island has a garrison of 80 marines.
Its apparently a training base so maybe they caught a group there for said training? But again assume bullshit until confirmation otherwise with all things from official sources
1. Shots are too far away. Could be captured uniforms for all I know.
2. Why would the Ukrainians station an 80 man garrison on a small remote island off the coast of the black sea? 80 take alot to feed and equip over an extended period of time where a garrison of 13 would be enough to patrol the island, keep it secure and you can resupply them every week not every day.
3. These are marines, the boys from snake island were border guard service. Unless Ukraine went to strike back at said small rock again, wasting the marines in an effort that would obviously get them captured or killed for little value, makes no tactical sense.
I'm not believe the Russians on this one,
According to Ukrainian Wikipedia that's the normal personnel level for that garrison.
На початок 2007 року на острові постійно проживало близько 80 осіб: прикордонники, науковці, технічні робітники маяка.
At the beginning of 2007 , about 80 people lived permanently on the island: border guards , scientists, lighthouse technicians .
Зміїний (острів) — Вікіпедія
And before anyone claims this was added after the fact by Russian trolls, that info has been on the page for over 10 years.