Commentary bi Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
"You give us Zmeinny as a goodwill gesture, we'll shut up about Kremenchug." -- my speculation.
The RF Ministry of Defense announced https://t.me/boris_rozhin/55644 that as part of a "goodwill gesture" it will withdraw troops from Zmeinny Island to unblock Ukrainian ports for the withdrawal of grain.
Negotiations on this matter continued in Turkey for more than a month.
With regard to the withdrawal of troops from the Zmeinny Island, which is presented as a "step of good" will, all this is seen as part of behind-the-scenes agreements on the export of grain from Ukraine, negotiations on which have been dragging on for a long time in Turkey and progress on which was announced through the UN.
Goodwill here As for the military component of leaving Zmeinoye, which is hiding behind agreements in Turkey to unblock the export of grain, it is quite obvious that the attacks on the island (using Western guns and issues of ensuring the retention of the island (from the last, which was stated, a hit from the Pantsir air defense missile system last week).
It is obvious that this "goodwill gesture" will be presented as a success of the NATO weapons that have been fired at Zmeinny since May and, accordingly, serve as a motivation for further increasing supplies in order to achieve new "goodwill gestures" - the wording is, of course, complete atas.