The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and the Armed Forces, as well as the whole of Ukraine, have hoped that all the defenders of Zmiiny are alive. Russian media reported that Ukrainian servicemen who were on the island, temporarily occupied by Russia, were being sent to Sevastopol.
Preliminary information that border guards may be dead came before the defenders lost contact.
As previously reported, on February 24, the aggressor fired from naval weapons and used combat aircraft on border guards and soldiers of the Armed Forces on the island of Zmiiny. According to information at the time, the infrastructure was destroyed and the island captured.
Prior to that, the enemy repeatedly tried in vain to intimidate Ukrainian defenders with demands to surrender and received only one correct answer – no one will surrender.
“We understand that propagandists know how to make the necessary information attacks and use them, noting that Ukrainian defenders have surrendered. Border guards and soldiers of the Armed Forces bravely defended themselves, especially in the face of overwhelming means of defeat and enemy forces. The work to find out the fate of Ukrainian defenders continued in all possible directions, “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Currently, after receiving information about their probable whereabouts, the SBGS together with the Armed Forces is working to identify our soldiers, which is common in open networks.
We sincerely hope that the boys will return home as soon as possible, and the information received at the time of the attack on the death will not be confirmed.
Glory to the Ukrainian defenders!