“Snake Island” Ukrainian Defenders Actually Surrendered to Russian Warship; Kyiv and Moscow Confirm
Jordan Epperson
As information from the Ukrainian war becomes harder and harder to defuse, one of the biggest morale boosting stories to date may have been intentionally faked by pro-Ukrainian sources.
Early this morning, Russian media outlet Russia Today (RT), published a video of surrendered Ukrainian servicemen arriving at a port in Crimea.
According to RT, these were the now famous defenders of “Snake Island” that had reportedly died after telling a Russian warship to “go f*ck yourself.“
RT published an official statement on the matter in Russian on their Telegram channel. The statement has been translated to English using Google: