Posted on 03/13/2022 11:38:38 AM PDT by lowbridge
A Russian warship that attacked Snake Island in a video that went viral for its portrayal of Ukrainian defiance has been destroyed, according to new reports.
Just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Russian warship Vasily Bykov ordered Ukrainian soldiers manning a Black Sea outpost on Snake Island to surrender.
What happened next made headlines around the world.
"I suggest you surrender your weapons and capitulate," the Russian warship captain said.
The Ukrainians manning the island had no plans to surrender.
"Russian warship, go f*** yourself," the Ukrainian soldier said.
The portrayal of defiance went viral, airing on cable news stations and social media sites soon after.
Initial reports indicated the soldiers had died in battle, but later updates indicated they had been taken captive.
The Times of London reports that the warship Vasily Bykov was hit during a firefight after the Ukrainians used a smaller vessel to lure the Russian ship closer to shore where a hidden missile battery could open fire.
New video shows the Ukrainian missile battery unloading on the Russian warship. After the missiles stopped firing, you can see a small light in the video. That's the Vasily Bykov on fire, and the gunner is quick to celebrate his hit.
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They never openly admit they published fake news.
sure,
I’ve also heard that the “ghost of Kiev” leaves a large orange streak when passing overhead.
https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bee-has-obtained-this-exclusive-photo-of-the-ghost-of-kyiv
Hit the 7th, sank the 9th !
It is currently the 13th.
So that is ‘a week’
Didn’t read about it earlier, so I’ll still wait a bit on it, but even so, from the other comments, looks like it’s real, for once.
So which video games did they pull the visual from this time?
I;m sorely amazed and disappointed at how much propaganda is getting posted on here from known lefties like CNN/ABC/CBS/NBC/AP/MSN/yahoo/NYT/WaPo
In other news, Ukraine has sunk the Crimean Peninsula.
“In other news, Ukraine has sunk the Crimean Peninsula.”
LOL, maybe tipped it over?
I’ve seen propaganda before.
Even recently in the N. Syrian conflict.
US State Department does a miserable job of pretending to pursue reality and the truth.
1/2 of State Department is totally anti American.
Neither did I. But,
“ Ukraine military sources report ship on fire off Odessa, 7 March is ... the Russian Project 22160 corvette RFS VASILY BYKOV 368. The 1700 ton ship took part in Snake Island assault on 24 Feb. The ship was reportedly hit by rockets from Ukrainian MLRS system last night.”
A Facebook claim, reportedly from the 8th since they use ‘last night”.
Yeah. Remember the Cole?
climate change strikes again!
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They wouldn’t lie, now would they?
People should pull out the History books and read about the Wuhan Virus.
Biden actually signed a Directive prohibiting anyone in the US Government from using the term Wuhan, in any way, to refer to the Virus.
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It’s more than half.
They Hate US with a passion.
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Well the first part of the story was proven to be fake. So why should we believe this part?
Some of the posters here sound like Baghdad Bob discounting EVERYTHING in the media that makes Putin look bad Not a good look.
Yup. Gog and Magog on the horizon.
ABC is your go to news source?
State Department is the shadow government, and is totally leftist.
Has been for a long, long time.
I think the globalist media tech corp political complex lying to us and basically every corner of this just like they did Covid Russian hoax that’s so on
Is a bigger threat than Putins stated demands over Ukraine
Ukraine is not worth it
It’s a highly problematic nation these same globalists have plundered and whispered sweet nothings they couldn’t back up
I’m with Bannon Steyn Tucker on this
We’re a majority here but smallish overall
However the public doesn’t seem all in either
Putin is the perfect bogeyman for leftists on culture and neocons on Cold War and nation building in the Ukraine a nation that seems oligarch suited
I don’t see Putin a world dominator commie like I would China although even they are light on commie and high on crony despotism
Putin is a strongman with imperial nostalgia
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