A group of Ukrainian border guards who were killed while defending a strategic Black Sea island on Thursday gave a defiant final message to their Russian aggressors, according to an audio recording of the incident.
The 13 guards stationed on the remote Zmiinyi (Snake) Island were informed by a Russian warship via loudspeaker that they should surrender or “be hit with a bomb strike”.
“Russian warship, go f*** yourself,” was their leader’s reply.
The audio recording was first obtained by Ukrainian news outlet Ukrayinska Pravda, and has been confirmed as authentic by Ukraine’s interior ministry. The guards involved have been hailed as heroes by president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Snake Island, located off the country’s southeastern shoreline, was approached by the two Russian vessels on Thursday after Vladimir Putin declared the start of an invasion at 6am in Moscow.
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