Russian invasion in Ukraine 2020. Zmeiyniy (Snake) Island. 13 border guards killed with Russian naval artillery

In a final display of defiance after demanding by Russians to disarm themselves, a Ukrainian soldier told the warship that came to attack them: “Russian Warship, go fuck yourself.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed overnight that Snake Island, which is small but strategically important for the defense of Ukraine’s territorial waters and among its southernmost settlements, had been captured by Russia.