Thirteen Ukrainian border guards are being hailed as heroes after they defiantly resisted a Russian warship that threatened their outpost at Snake Island. According to CNN, which obtained radio transmission of the event, a Russian military warship approached Snake Island and told the Ukrainian defenders to “lay down their weapons and surrender to avoid bloodshed and needless casualties.”
An officer on a Russian warship told Ukrainian soldiers to surrender. A Ukrainian soldier told them to “go fuck yourself.” The soldiers were killed afterward, CNN reporting pic.twitter.com/ht1LvRFCqn
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 25, 2022
Audio from Snake Island, Black Sea:
Russians: This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you’ll be bombed.
Ukrainians: Russian warship, go fuck yourself.
They were all killed https://t.co/uNqh5b9L8C
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 24, 2022
