Remember this?...
A group of Ukrainian border guards were stationed on Snake Island, in the Black Sea south of Odessa, when a Russian warship ordered them to surrender under threat of attack.
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) February 25, 2022
Their response: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."
They held their ground. All 13 were killed. pic.twitter.com/GMRsXQRSX0
That's the furthest thing from the truth. Among others, Huffingtonpost corrects the record here.
In a bizarre bit of counter-intuitive commentary, the Huffpo commenters pretty
much agree the Russians are responsible for this bit of disinformation.
Reporting
Ukrainian government sources initially stated that 13 border guards, representing the entirety of the Ukrainian military presence on the island, were killed after refusing to surrender.[21][22] The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine later announced that the guards might instead have been captured,[23] based on Russian reports that they were being held as prisoners of war in Sevastopol.[24]
Russian defense media presented an alternate version of events, claiming that 82 Ukrainian soldiers were taken prisoner after surrendering voluntarily.[13] Russian ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed that the prisoners have been signing pledges promising not to continue military action against Russia and will be released soon.[25]
On
28 February 2022, the Ukrainian Navy posted on its Facebook page that
all the border guards of the island were alive and detained by the
Russian Navy.[26][27]
Meanwhile, those charitable enough to help the Ukrainians could also help the Yemenis, the Palestinians, the Syrians, the Iraqis, the Hondurans, etc. where the U.S. has either attacked or funded/armed the attackers. And yes, help Ukrainians, where the U.S. did plenty to provoke the inexcusable attack.
To me, the real solution is to lobby Washington to stop demanding Ukraine join NATO, stop arming Ukraine (Trump's contribution) and stop backing out of disarmament treaties (again: Trump).
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