So, the 13 border guards who died on Snake Island are alive? We’re happy to hear it, if true, but not happy to know we were possibly snookered with propaganda.
Another caveat – we don’t know if this is one of the ‘dead’ soldiers or if Zelensky had misinformation. Someone is lying. We don’t know who. We need fact-checkers but they can’t be trusted either.
Allegedly, this is one of the soldiers telling the Russians to go to Hell. But are they dead?
Wow. It seems the Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island really did tell Russian warships to "go to hell" before they were killed. @unian pic.twitter.com/lRrXQDk3xQ
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) February 25, 2022
Does anyone speak Ukrainian? Not that we know if this soldier is legit.
The story of “snake island” “fxck you russian warship” where 13 Ukrainian soldiers “heroically died” — they were actually captured peacefully. This is 1 of them watching Zelensky’s speech where he already talks of their funeral for propaganda purposes— the Ukrainian soldier cries pic.twitter.com/QMXMs6KQof
— ASB News / MILITARY〽️ (@ASBMilitary) February 27, 2022
We have a partial translation from AFB.
Trusted follower: https://t.co/29JlftQEkT
— ASB News / MILITARY〽️ (@ASBMilitary) February 27, 2022
At the end, he sends greetings to his wife and cries, because she thought he was dead because of Zelensky’s word.
— Анвар (@Gio52452) February 27, 2022
If true, we are very happy to hear they are alive, and we hope the Ukrainian marine who blew himself up on the bridge to stop the Russians is also alive.
A news report out of CNN, a most unreliable news service, reported this:
The defenders of the small Ukrainian island of Zmiinyi in the Black Sea may still be alive, according to a statement released on Saturday by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGSU).
“We [have a] strong belief that all Ukrainian defenders of Zmiinyi (Snake) Island may be alive,” the statement said.
Both President Zelensky and the SBGSU said Friday all the soldiers had been killed following the small island’s capture by Russian forces.
Preliminary information that border guards may be dead came before the defenders lost contact,” Saturday’s statement said.
On Friday, Russian Major-General Igor Konashenkov said 82 Ukrainian servicemen “laid down their arms and voluntarily surrendered to a unit of the Russian Armed Forces.”
The SBGSU statement added, “Russian media reported that Ukrainian servicemen on the island had been sent to Sevastopol” in Crimea.
On Friday, audio emerged of an exchange between the Ukrainian fighters and an officer of the Russian navy. In the exchange, the Ukrainians were heard to say to “Russian warship – go f*** yourself.”
Our conclusion is we don’t know who is telling the truth and won’t know for a while. So, get some chips, a beer, and turn on the TV.
WaPo, also unreliable, writes:
Zelenskyy said he would award each of the 13 troops who “died heroically” with the title Hero of Ukraine, the Washington Post reported.
“May the memory of those who gave their lives for Ukraine live forever,” he added.
But the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine provided hope the soldiers might still be alive.
“As previously reported, on February 24, the aggressor fired from naval weapons and used combat aircraft on border guards and soldiers of the Armed Forces on the island of Zmiiny. According to available information at the time, the infrastructure was destroyed and the island captured,” it wrote in the post.
The account added: “Prior to that, the enemy repeatedly tried in vain to intimidate Ukrainian defenders with demands to surrender and received only one correct answer – no one will surrender.”
“We understand that Russian propagandists know how to make the necessary information attacks and use them, noting that Ukrainian defenders have surrendered,” it continued, “Border guards and fighters of the Armed Forces bravely defended themselves, especially in the face of the overwhelming means of defeat and enemy forces.”
As we said, we might not figure this out. Turn on the tv, go for a walk, take the kids for a bike ride.
Update: After publication, we added the clip purporting to show the Snake Island border guards telling Russians to go to Hell.
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We are being lied to by every one from Traitor Senile Joe Birteme to the fake news and that includes Fox.Hell maybe this whole Ukraine war is a lie fake news fake war fake Russian son of a bitch we know Biteme is a fake president him and old Putin probably staged the whole thing .I do not believe anything and I think I am going to stop watching anything about the whole sorry mess.
Just because they are still alive does not mean the left will not bury and honor them (or vilify them like the 1/6 tourists who fell for Evil Aunt Nanczi’s trap).
This propaganda was broadcast across the globe constantly. Propaganda has a big effect even after being found to be false.
Fox News is still reporting the 13 were killed ????
I use that GFY term all the time in the unity collective.
Will Chiquitastan coast on the fumes of the Greatest Generation accomplishments forever or will the magic soil sprout Wakanda?