Ukrainian border guards defending a Black Sea island defiantly instructed an invading Russian warship to “go f–ok your self” when requested to give up and had been killed when the warship opened fireplace.
The 13 guards had been posted on the small however strategic Snake Island off Ukraine’s southeastern border once they had been approached by two vessels on Thursday, in keeping with Ukrainian media shops.
The Russians contacted the guards and recognized themselves as a “Russian warship,” demanding that the Ukrainians give up or they might open fireplace, in keeping with audio of the trade.
“It is a Russian warship, I repeat. I counsel you give up your weapons and capitulate in any other case I'll open fireplace. Do you copy?” the Russians instructed the border guards.
“That is it,” one of many Ukrainian guards may be heard saying within the clip.
“Ought to I inform him to go f–ok himself?” he seems to ask a comrade.
“Simply in case,” one other guard responds.
The guard then turns up the quantity on his comms and bluntly responds, “Russian warship, go f–ok your self.”
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The Russians reportedly bombarded the 42-acre island with barreled weapons from the warship. They then bombed the island with plane.
Video apparently taken by one of many guards killed in the course of the assault exhibits the guard open air, sporting a army helmet. He may be heard yelling out and hitting the bottom as loud gunfire erupts.
The entire guards had been killed, officers mentioned.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Thursday that the 13 border guards will obtain a posthumous Hero of Ukraine medal for “heroically” defending the island.
“On our Zmiinyi Island, defending it to the final, all of the border guards died heroically,” Zelensky mentioned. “However [they] didn't quit.”
“Might the reminiscence of those that gave their lives for Ukraine reside ceaselessly,” he mentioned.
By late Thursday, Ukraine’s state border service misplaced all communication with the guards. The island is believed to be occupied by Russian forces.
Possession island has been hotly disputed previously between Ukraine and Romania.
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