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RUSSIAN WARSHIP THAT ATTACKED DEFIANT UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ON SNAKE ISLAND HAS BEEN DESTROYED
abc7chicago.com ^ | March 9, 2022

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: agitprop; bs; fakemedia; mendaciouspress; russia; ukraine; vasilybykov; welldone
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To: lowbridge

They never openly admit they published fake news.


21 posted on 03/13/2022 11:59:08 AM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: lowbridge

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


22 posted on 03/13/2022 12:07:29 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: BobL

Hit the 7th, sank the 9th !

It is currently the 13th.

So that is ‘a week’


23 posted on 03/13/2022 12:10:40 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

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.


24 posted on 03/13/2022 12:11:47 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: lowbridge

So which video games did they pull the visual from this time?


25 posted on 03/13/2022 12:14:02 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: lowbridge

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


26 posted on 03/13/2022 12:14:59 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: BobL

In other news, Ukraine has sunk the Crimean Peninsula.


27 posted on 03/13/2022 12:15:14 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

“In other news, Ukraine has sunk the Crimean Peninsula.”

LOL, maybe tipped it over?


28 posted on 03/13/2022 12:15:52 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: JennysCool

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.


29 posted on 03/13/2022 12:15:55 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: BobL

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”.


30 posted on 03/13/2022 12:17:12 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: MercyFlush

Yeah. Remember the Cole?


31 posted on 03/13/2022 12:25:25 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: BobL

climate change strikes again!


32 posted on 03/13/2022 12:26:48 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: 2banana

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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.

.


33 posted on 03/13/2022 12:58:59 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (And the Wuhan Flu came from a food market and Joe Biden comes from the black community )
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To: Texas Fossil

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It’s more than half.

They Hate US with a passion.

.


34 posted on 03/13/2022 12:59:54 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (And the Wuhan Flu came from a food market and Joe Biden comes from the black community )
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To: lowbridge

Well the first part of the story was proven to be fake. So why should we believe this part?


35 posted on 03/13/2022 1:01:16 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Texas Fossil

Some of the posters here sound like Baghdad Bob discounting EVERYTHING in the media that makes Putin look bad Not a good look.


36 posted on 03/13/2022 1:06:31 PM PDT by deener
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To: griffin

Yup. Gog and Magog on the horizon.


37 posted on 03/13/2022 1:09:34 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: deener

ABC is your go to news source?


38 posted on 03/13/2022 1:10:34 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Texas Fossil

State Department is the shadow government, and is totally leftist.

Has been for a long, long time.


39 posted on 03/13/2022 1:27:07 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: Covenantor

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


40 posted on 03/13/2022 1:30:43 PM PDT by wardaddy (Free Republic has gone insane but it's fun)
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