Ukrainians on Snake Is. who told Russians "go f**k yourself" may still be alive

It may simply be propaganda but who knows, perhaps it's true: the 13 Ukrainians on Ziminyi [Snake] Island who, when asked by a Russian warship to surrender, replied "Go fuck yourself," may still be alive, officials said. 

Thirteen Ukrainian border guards who were reportedly killed while defending the small island on the Black Sea are believed to be alive, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGSU) said in a statement Saturday: 

“We [have a] strong belief that all Ukrainian defenders of Zmiinyi (Snake) Island may be alive.

“Preliminary information that border guards may be dead came before the defenders lost contact.”

The story of the border guards and their defiant bravery made global headlines after SBGSAU and President Zelenskyy initially confirmed their demise.

Now there is hope that they are still alive.

According to the border agency, Russian media reported that the soldiers had been captured after they laid down their arms and were then transported to Sevastopol on the Russian-controlled Crimea Peninsula. But SBGSU said that this has not been confirmed

According to a former news outlet known as CNN, Russian Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov claimed 82 Ukrainian servicemen “laid down their arms and voluntarily surrendered to a unit of the Russian Armed Forces,” in a statement on Friday.

“After receiving information about their possible location, the DPSU together with the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting work on identifying our soldiers,” officials said.

“We sincerely hope that the boys will return home as soon as possible,” they added.

Two Russian warships approached Snake Island on Thursday, hours after Russia launched its full-scale invasion into Ukraine.The Russian military claims the Ukrainian border guards surrendered on Snake Island. 

“This is a Russian warship, I repeat. I suggest you surrender your weapons and capitulate otherwise I will open fire. Do you copy?” the Russians told the border guards.

“Russian warship, go fuck yourself,” a Ukrainian guard bluntly responded, not taking the suggestion.

The Russians then opened fire on the 42-acre island with barreled gunships and airstrikes, before all communications with the guards was lost, according to reports.

The island’s infrastructure was destroyed and is now occupied by the Russian military, according to SBSGU.

President Zelensky said on Thursday that the 13 border guards will receive a posthumous Hero of Ukraine medal for “heroically” defending the island.

“On our Zmiinyi Island, defending it to the last, all the border guards died heroically,” Zelensky said. “But [they] did not give up.”

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However, it isn't known yet as to whether or not they gave up. It seems like propaganda on both sides. On one hand, if you tell your enemy to go have sex with yourself, it sounds like you're not going to then throw down your weapons and give up. On the other hand, 13 guys against 2 warships and hundreds of enemy soldiers might make the decision to surrender a good option. I suspect we'll know what really happened in days to come.

Meanwhile, President Zelenskyy is supposed to meet with Russian officials to negotiate peace, but one would have to be naive to think Putin is going to allow Ukraine to keep what they have. It's more likely a delay tactic for Putin because he is an evil scumwafer who doesn't mind killing innocent people, including children.

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