The defiant soldiers of Snake Island are actually ‘alive and well,’ says Ukraine’s navy
CNNBy Sebastian Shukla and Lianne Kolirin
Updated 3:06 PM EST, Mon February 28, 2022
The Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island – who were all feared dead after their defiant response to threats from a Russian warship – are actually “alive and well,” according to the Ukrainian Navy.
All of the soldiers on the tiny island in the Black Sea were thought to have been killed in an attack on the first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last Thursday.
According to a purported audio exchange, one of the Ukrainian troops had responded to a warning from an approaching Russian vessel to lay down their weapons or face bombing by saying, “Russian warship, go f*** yourself.”
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