Ukrainian soldiers protecting a small island from Russian invaders were killed by a Kremlin navy after they refused to surrender, telling them: “Go f*** yourselves!”.
The 13 guards stationed on Snake Island in the Black Sea were protecting the territory after Russia began its full-scale invasion on Thursday.
According to reports, a sailor onboard the vessel told the soldiers in a radio message: “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.”
But the Ukrainian soldiers refused to surrender and replied: “Go f*** yourselves!” before they were killed by the Kremlin navy.
The Russian troops were heard cursing back at the border guards before the Ukrainian soldiers were killed in an aerial bombardment.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky later acknowledged the tragic deaths of the soldiers.
On Thursday afternoon, the interior ministry had said that Snake Island, which is located only miles from the coast of Romania, had been attacked.
The island is strategically important as it will let Russia claim territorial waters, covering shipping channels to the port cities of Kherson, Odessa, and Mykolaiv.
After taking it, Russia could cut off the shipping channels, depriving Ukraine’s economy of vital trade revenues while defending itself.
Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was under attack in the early hours of Friday. The country’s deputy defense ministry said that their anti-missile defense systems shoot one missile out of the sky.
Hours earlier, Zelensky slammed ‘cowards’ nations who failed to come to his aid, saying Ukraine is being “left alone” to fight Russian troops.
In a video address to his people, he called his fallen compatriots ‘heroes’ after more than 100 Ukrainians were killed on the first day of fighting.
“They’re killing people and turning peaceful cities into military targets. It’s foul and will never be forgiven. We have been left alone to defend our state. Who is ready to fight alongside us? I don’t see anyone,” he said.
“Who is ready to give Ukraine a guarantee of NATO membership? Everyone is afraid.”
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