The Ukrainian Navy has confirmed the Ukrainian heroes of Snake Island, feared dead after they told a Russian warship 'go f*** yourself', are alive.
The 13 troops on the tiny Black Sea island, 186 miles west of Crimea, were thought to have been among the first victims of Putin’s invasion amid rumours they were killed in Russian air and sea bombardment.
Rumours they had survived spread over the weekend and now the Ukrainian Navy has confirmed they are alive, albeit captured by enemy soldiers.
