Ukraine says it is going to posthumously honour a bunch of Ukrainian border guards who had been killed protecting a tiny island within the Black Sea right through a multi-pronged Russian invasion.
Ukraine misplaced touch with its forces on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, a speck of land south of the port of Odessa, on Thursday after Russia carried out moves from air and sea, Kyiv stated.
A Ukrainian respectable stated 13 squaddies were killed and he circulated an audio clip that he and media outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda stated used to be an change between Ukrainian and Russian forces.
“It is a Russian warship. I suggest you lay down your guns and give up to steer clear of bloodshed and pointless sufferers. Another way you’ll be bombed.”
A bunch of Ukrainian border guards had been stationed on Snake Island, within the Black Sea south of Odessa, when a Russian warship ordered them to give up beneath risk of assault.
Their reaction: “Russian warship, move fuck your self.”
They held their floor. All 13 had been killed. %.twitter.com/GMRsXQRSX0
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“Russian warship, move f*** your self,” got here the answer. Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the inner minister, stated Russia then started moves.
The authenticity of the recording may just no longer be independently verified through Reuters. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised in a speech summarising Thursday’s preventing to embellish the deceased border guards.
“On our Zmiinyi Island, protecting it to the closing, the entire border guards died heroically. However they didn’t surrender. They all shall be posthumously awarded the identify of Hero of Ukraine,” he stated in feedback on his web site.
On Friday, Russia’s defence ministry stated 82 Ukrainian squaddies at the island had surrendered to them voluntarily. It made no point out of wearing out moves or causing casualties.