The 13 Ukrainian border guards-turned-international-heroes that had reportedly been killed after telling a Russian warship to “go fuck your self” as an alternative of surrendering their put up have been confirmed to be alive on Sunday by the Ukrainian Navy .
The announcement was made in a Fb put up, studying, “concerning the Marines and border guards, who have been taken captive by Russian occupiers on the island of Snake, we’re very comfortable to study that our brothers are alive and nicely.”
Preliminary reporting said that the guards had been stationed on a rocky Black Sea land mass often known as Snake Island when a Russian warship approached and radioed the guards.
“This can be a Russian warship,” the invaders introduced. “I suggest you lay down arms and give up to keep away from bloodshed and pointless victims. In any other case, you’ll be bombed.”
“Russian warship, go fuck your self,” the Ukrainians responded.
And whereas Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy himself had confirmed late Thursday that the guards had “died heroically” defending the island, the guards are alive and have been taken prisoner by Russian forces.
Earlier reporting on the story took under consideration the entire lack of communication with the small unit, the extreme destruction of the island’s infrastructure and an absence of Russian reporting stating in any other case, as proof that the guards had been killed.
Zelenskyy has but to touch upon this new revelation concerning the Snake Island border guards.
Rachel is a Marine Corps veteran, Penn State alumna and Grasp’s candidate at New York College for Enterprise and Financial Reporting.
