রুশ বাহিনীর কাছে আত্মসমর্পণ না করা সেই ১৩ সেনা বেঁচে আছে! | Snake Island ukranian armies are ALIVE

Описание: The statement added: “After receiving information about their possible location, the [border guard service] together with the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting work on identifying our soldiers.”


It said preliminary information that border guards may be dead came before the men had lost contact.

“We sincerely hope that the boys will return home as soon as possible,” it said, adding that it hoped that reports of the soldiers’ death proved incorrect.

The statement added that Ukrainian officials lost communication with the guards after infrastructure was destroyed.

The statement also said: “Glory to Ukrainian defenders!”

Russia releases photos purportedly of Snake Island soldiers
The Russian Defense Ministry has also since come out to claim that the Ukrainian servicemen are in fact still alive after "voluntarily" surrendering to Russian troops.

Russia's account of what happened were put up on Feb. 25 (Ukrainian time).

Photos released by Russia purportedly showed the men boarding buses, as well as given bottled water and food.

Russia has even said the men will be released and be allowed to return to their families.

A total of 82 Ukrainian soldiers on the island had surrendered to Russia voluntarily, the statement by the invader said.

It made no mention of carrying out strikes or inflicting casualties on those on the island.

Russian media also reported that the Ukrainian servicemen on the island had been sent to Sevastopol in Crimea, according to the statement Russia released.

However, the authenticity of the information is still uncertain.

New info contradicts Ukrainian president's announcement
A day before these clarifications by the invader, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky had promised to posthumously decorate "the heroic deceased border guards".

Zelensky's announcment came after Ukraine lost contact with its forces defending Snake Island following Russia's strikes from the air and sea, officials in Kyiv said.