drowning of Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva It comes days after Ukraine issued a postage stamp to immortalize the famous exchange on Snake Island between Russian and Ukrainian armies in the Black Sea.
a Ukrainian presidential adviser confirmed on thursday Moscow was one of the ships involved in the exchange in February.
was killed by the island Russian missile attack After the Ukrainian defenders responded to the threat of Russian invasion with the words: “Russian battleship, f*** go yourself.”
postage stamp: Ukraine’s postal service Ukrposhta announced on Tuesday that it had postage stamp issued with slogans. It shows a Ukrainian soldier standing in rebellion, confronting a Russian warship in open water.
Roman Hrybov – the Ukrainian soldier who uttered the phrase – was invited to unveil the ticket to the ceremony, the service said in a statement.
Some references: He was initially considered Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the subsequent attack, but were forced to surrender “due to a lack of ammunition”, according to the Ukrainian Navy. Hrybov was later released as part of a prisoner exchange.
The phrase has become a popular Ukrainian slogan during the invasion and is used as a symbol of defiance.
“There would be no stamp, and without it, there would be no such strong resistance by the soldiers of Snake Island,” the statement said.
Battleship: There have been conflicting accounts about the sinking of the battleship, which was reported on Thursday by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Ukraine’s Operational Command South claimed on Thursday that Moscow was sinking after being hit by Neptune anti-ship missiles.
Russia claimed that the fire broke out, causing the ship to explode, causing serious damage to the ship and forcing the evacuation of its crew.
CNN has not been able to independently verify what caused the damage to the ship.
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