‘Russian warship, go f*** yourselves’: Final words of Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island
‘Russian warship, go f*** yourselves’: Final words of Ukrainian border guards protecting Snake Island – just 40 miles from Romanian border in the Black Sea – before Kremlin navy opened fire killing all 13 of them when they refused to surrender
Contingent of soldiers, allegedly 13 in number, were posted on Snake IslandIt sits in off the coast of Ukraine and Romania and was controlled by UkraineRecording relayed the ultimatum sent by Russian sailors on nearby warshipThey warned the guards to surrender ‘otherwise you will be shelled’The men defiantly refused and all were subsequently killed
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All Ukrainian border guards manning a tiny island in the Black Sea near Romania were killed on Thursday after telling a Russian warship to ‘Go f*** yourselves’ when they were ordered to surrender.
The small contingent of soldiers, allegedly 13 in number, were posted on Snake Island in the Odessa region and were defending the territory after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In a radio message, the soldiers were told by a sailor on board the vessel: ‘This is Russian military warship.
‘I suggest you lay down your weapons and surrender to avoid bloodshed and needless casualties. Otherwise, you will be bombed.’
All Ukrainian border guards manning a tiny island in the Black Sea near Romania were killed on Thursday after telling a Russian warship to ‘go f*** yourselves’ when they were told to surrender
The small contingent of soldiers, allegedly 13 in number, were posted on Snake Island in the Odesa region and were defending the territory after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The island is ruled by Ukraine but sits just miles from the coast of NATO member Romania
However, the Ukrainian troops defiantly refused to give up the territory and instead replied with a defiant message of ‘Go f*** yourselves.’
The Russian soldiers on radio are heard muttering the curse back at the defiant Ukrainians.
Soon afterwards, all were killed in an aerial bombardment.
Late on Thursday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the deaths of the soldiers.
A video circulating on Twitter also appeared to show the moment that the island was shelled.
It showed a Ukrainian soldier staring at a camera before a shell landed nearby.
On Thursday afternoon, Ukraine’s interior ministry had said Snake Island, which is also called Zmiinyi, had been attacked by Russian forces.
All Ukrainian border guards manning the tiny Snake Island in the Black Sea near Romania were killed on Thursday after telling a Russian warship to ‘go f*** yourselves’ when they were ordered to surrender
The island is ruled by Ukraine but sits just miles from the coast of NATO member Romania.
Snake Island is strategically important because it will allow Russia to claim territorial waters stretching 12 nautical miles out to sea.
They cover important shipping channels to the port cities of Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson.
After taking the island, Russia would have been able to cut off the shipping channels, isolating Ukraine from international markets and depriving its economy of vital trade revenues as it seeks to defend itself.
